“ Have you seen in your lifetime a wild animal or bird that has a profession? But they support themselves without trouble; and were they not created only to attend me, while I was created to attend my Creator — is it not logical that I should support myself without trouble? ”

“ A person should always teach his son a clean and easy profession, and should pray to the One Whom wealth and possessions are His; for there is no profession which does not have within it poverty and wealth; for poverty is not from the profession and wealth is not from the profession, but rather all is according to his merit. ”

“ And all other professions are not so — when a person comes into sickness, or into old age, or into suffering, and is not able to be involved in his work, he dies in hunger. But the Torah is not so — but rather it guards him from all evil in his youth, and gives him finality and hope in his old age; In his youth what does it say? "And those who hope in God shall renew their strength." In his old age what does it say? "They shall still produce in ripe old age." Similarly it says about Avraham our Father, peace be upon him — "And Avraham was old ... and God blessed Avraham in everything." ”