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EXODUS | 25:8 work — EXOD942 He [Rabbi Tarfon] used to say: It is not ...

EXOD942 He [Rabbi Tarfon] used to say: It is not for you to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it… (Pirkei Avot, Perek II, mishnah 21). In Avoth d'Rabbi Nathan (11) we find two further aphorisms of his, related to his maxims in our perek: "The Holy One, blessed is He, did not bring His sh'chinah (Divine Presence) to dwell on the people Israel until they have done work, for it is said: "Let them build Me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in their midst" [this verse]. And again, "Man dies only from idleness, not from working."

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