The Main Tafkid of a Yid in This World To Do and To Grow
Bitachon Weekly | September 21, 2023
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The Main Tafkid of a Yid in This World To Do and To Grow

Bitachon Weekly | December 31, 2025

Notice that the reason Moshe Rabeinu was Niftar was because he didn’t do more Kiddush Hashem. Not that he transgressed a prohibition, but that he didn’t do more that he could have. The Gemara speaks about the difference between: פוֹש ע יְּ י שׂ ר א לְְּּ ב גוּפ ן a Jewish sinner, which is a person who doesn’t put on Tefilin, and: פוֹש ע יְּאוּמוֹתְּה עוֹל םְְּּ ב גוּפ ן a non-Jewish sinner, which is a Goy who is Nichshal in Arayos.

Notice how the Goy’s major sin is doing something that he isn’t allowed to do; but a Yid’s major sin is not doing something positive. Chazal say that Avraham Avinu liked people who were busy with work. A Yid has to know that his main Tafkid in this world is to do and to grow.

Notice that the reason Moshe Rabeinu was Niftar was because he didn’t do more Kiddush Hashem. Not that he transgressed a prohibition, but that he didn’t do more that he could have. The Gemara speaks about the difference between: פוֹש ע יְּ י שׂ ר א לְְּּ ב גוּפ ן a Jewish sinner, which is a person who doesn’t put on Tefilin, and: פוֹש ע יְּאוּמוֹתְּה עוֹל םְְּּ ב גוּפ ן a non-Jewish sinner, which is a Goy who is Nichshal in Arayos.

Notice how the Goy’s major sin is doing something that he isn’t allowed to do; but a Yid’s major sin is not doing something positive. Chazal say that Avraham Avinu liked people who were busy with work. A Yid has to know that his main Tafkid in this world is to do and to grow.

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