Just as the Torah allows a worker harvesting a field or orchard to eat from its produce while he works, we too are workers in Hashem’s world. Our ultimate reward is in Olam Haba, but while we are here doing Hashem’s work, He provides us with what we need to serve Him. There is the “grain-field Jew,” who struggles but faithfully does what is required; the “orchard Jew,” who finds pleasure and excitement in Torah and mitzvos and strives to do more; and the po’el, the worker whose entire existence and purpose is to serve Hashem.
Hashem responds middah k’neged middah: the more completely we devote ourselves to His service, the more completely He removes the obstacles and provides what we need—with abundance, peace, and tranquility. Yet Rashi teaches something beautiful: even the Jew struggling simply to fulfill his obligations is still called a po’el. Because deep down, every Jew’s true desire and entire essence is to serve Hashem. May Hashem remove every distraction and give us everything we need to serve Him completely, culminating in the peaceful and unlimited Divine service of the coming of Moshiach.
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