A Sea-rious Story
The following is a dramatized version of a true story. Over time, the populace of a certain town noticed that there was something fishy about the price of fish. It kept floating higher, not the typical ebb and flow.
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Money and Business
Parnassah
Earning a living, livelihood and trusting Hashem with money.
A Miracle Within a Miracle
Elisha HaNavi miraculously solved the drinking water issue in Yericho. The water there was poisonous and bitter. A group of young entrepreneurs earned a living by supplying the city with bottled water.
Something Fishy
It is a staple at most Shabbos tables: fish. Gefilte fish is most popular, but other varieties persist as well. The prices of fish along with many other staples have risen modestly recently.
Tzaraas Rulings
The Medrash Tanchuma (Parshas Tazria 6) cites a story about an impoverished kohen living in Eretz Yisrael. Trying whatever he could to support his family, he just couldn’t make ends meet.
Like Father, Like Son
Rebbe Yochanan says that a person should not deviate from his own trade or the trade of his fathers (Arachin 16b). The Gemara often offers Torah-based advice regarding how one should conduct himself in his affairs.
Taster’s Choice
There are certain minhagim that men should keep in their back pocket. One such example is the mitzvah of tasting Shabbos food on Friday.
Gemara stories on Parnassah
Elisha HaNavi and the Bears
Youths whose water business dried up when Elisha HaNavi healed Yericho’s water mock him, and bears from a forest attack them. Was the forest a miracle too?
The Poor Kohen and the Strand of Hair
A poor kohen teaches his wife the laws of tzaraas before leaving to earn a living abroad, and her reply about a single hair convinces him to stay home.