Are we tested by life's circumstances?

Good question among many that were brought up in this week's Torah Study.

A few interesting comments worthy of documentation.

We are born with opposing drives... We need Torah to clarify and direct us toward what is right.

Goal of Torah: "to make one's will God's will" (or maybe it is the reverse of that?)

Self-interest drives us.
Torah guides our interest toward feeling pleasure in giving and doing good deeds.

Torah creates a workable social system.

The goal is self-sufficiency.

Cofetz Chayim quote: 'a poor man stands at the door and God stands on his right side' - from the book, "Let Us Learn the Lesson: The Chofetz Chayim on Devarim."

Yiddish Phrase - "Gelt iz keilech" meaning "money is round" (it rolls from
person to person).


(this week notes were more 'bits' of good things to think about on topic.)