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Why Does God Want Us to Work for Our Future Reward?

7.8K views · May 1, 2025

Rabbi Mendel Kessin

A hashkafa shiur on the purpose of effort in serving God and earning reward.

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  1. 0:00I want to give a share in many ways on a very mysterious topic. It's a…
  2. 6:17justice. In other words, to be rewarded is justice and to be punished is justice. It…
  3. 12:31intended I will say the following that God his idea of to is the greatest gift…
  4. 18:53to call it that that if you do not earn instead you get it as a…
  5. 25:09don't realize that we are always trying to assert confirm being right I'm not going to…
  6. 31:24did not earn and he gives it to you eternally, you're going to feel namiku, bread…
  7. 37:39God, I don't have any problem granting it to you. What would you like? I'm telling…
  8. 43:54shina in a way that we cannot even comprehend, but it's a literal idea. Although we…
  9. 50:09nobody. You see, because we do nothing because we are only mabum. We are only receivers.…
  10. 56:22Why? Because we cannot control existence. I cannot create existence on anything. So, how can I…

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