| Thursday | Menachem Av 4 | 5703 | | Torah lessons: | Chumash: Devarim, Chamishi with Rashi. | | Tehillim: 23-28. | | Tanya: The praise and blessing (p. 381) ...granted forthwith. (p. 383). | |
No matter how much effort is exerted, no-one can earn one cent more than G-d has ordained that he - this particular person - shall earn. One must do what is necessary, but one must remember that all his work is but an adjunct. The main thing is G-d's blessing, and that blessing is earned by being observant of G-d's commands: Davening with a minyan, observing Shabbat b'hidur (beyond the minimum, with "beauty"), meticulous observance of kashrut, having children instructed by sincerely religious teachers.1
