Parnassah and Shabbos Shekalim
Torah Wellsprings | February 14, 2026
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Parnassah and Shabbos Shekalim

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6. The Ateres Yeshuah concludes with a Rashi in the beginning of parashas Mishpatim, and this is how he reads Rashi's words: הפרק להם אשנה ,לומר דעתך על תעלה לא ,למשה ה"הקב לו אמר, "Hakadosh Baruch Hu said to Moshe, 'Don’t think it is sufficient that you teach them Torah, alone. You have to be mashpia parnassah to them, too, because תורה אין קמח אין אם, without parnassah, there is no Torah. לאכול ומוכן הערוך כשלחן ,לפניהם תשים אשר נאמר לכך האדם לפני, You must give them a set table, prepared to eat. You must bestow parnassah on Klal Yisrael.'"

Salvations on Shabbos Shekalim

The ישראל גנזי from Rebbe Yisrael of Chortkov zt'l writes, "Every Shabbos of the four parshiyos brings down bounty to the world... On parashas Shekalim, the bounty for parnassah and wealth comes down..."

Similarly, the Ateres Yeshuah (Moadim, Mishpatim, Shekalim) writes, להמשכת מסוגל שקלים שבת פרנסה, "Shabbos Shekalim is mesugal for attaining parnassah."

The Imrei Yosef of Spinka said that since the shekalim (which were donated to the Beis HaMikdash)...

6. The Ateres Yeshuah concludes with a Rashi in the beginning of parashas Mishpatim, and this is how he reads Rashi's words: הפרק להם אשנה ,לומר דעתך על תעלה לא ,למשה ה"הקב לו אמר, "Hakadosh Baruch Hu said to Moshe, 'Don’t think it is sufficient that you teach them Torah, alone. You have to be mashpia parnassah to them, too, because תורה אין קמח אין אם, without parnassah, there is no Torah. לאכול ומוכן הערוך כשלחן ,לפניהם תשים אשר נאמר לכך האדם לפני, You must give them a set table, prepared to eat. You must bestow parnassah on Klal Yisrael.'"

Salvations on Shabbos Shekalim

The ישראל גנזי from Rebbe Yisrael of Chortkov zt'l writes, "Every Shabbos of the four parshiyos brings down bounty to the world... On parashas Shekalim, the bounty for parnassah and wealth comes down..."

Similarly, the Ateres Yeshuah (Moadim, Mishpatim, Shekalim) writes, להמשכת מסוגל שקלים שבת פרנסה, "Shabbos Shekalim is mesugal for attaining parnassah."

The Imrei Yosef of Spinka said that since the shekalim (which were donated to the Beis HaMikdash)...

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