Great is the labour that warms (honours) the workman

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Great is the labour that warms (honours) the workman

Great is the labour that warms (honours) the workman

The value of every craft and every type of work is great, and they contain honor for the one who engages in them and earns a livelihood through them.

(Rabbi Yehuda, carrying a clay jar on his shoulder (as he went to the study house), said: 'Great is the labour that honours its master.' Rabbi Shimon, carrying a basket of nuts on his shoulder, said the same: 'Great is the labour that honours its master' - Nedarim 49b. Likewise: 'When you enter a dining house, no one frowns because you are a painter, for here the work honours its master' - Agnon, 'Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,' p.303.)

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Expression (Hebrew)

גְּדוֹלָה מְלָאכָה שֶׁמְּכַבֶּדֶת אֶת בְּעָלֶיהָ

Definition (Hebrew)

עֶרְכָּה שֶׁל כָּל מְלָאכָה וְכָל סוּג שֶׁל עֲבוֹדָה הוּא גָּדוֹל וְיֵשׁ בָּהֶן לְכַבֵּד אֶת מִי שֶׁעוֹסֵק בָּהֶן וּמִתְפַּרְנֵס בִּזְכוּתָן.

("ר' יְהוּדָה כַּד אָזֵל לְבֵי מִדְרְשָׁא שָׁקֵל גֻּלְפָּא עַל כַּתְפֵּהּ (כַּאֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ לְבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ סָחַב כַּד חֶרֶס עַל כְּתֵפָיו) אָמַר: גְּדוֹלָה מְלָאכָה שֶׁמְּכַבֶּדֶת אֶת בְּעָלֶיהָ. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן שָׁקֵל צַנָּא עַל כַּתְפֵּהּ (סָחַב סַל נְצָרִים עַל כְּתֵפָיו), אָמַר: גְּדוֹלָה מְלָאכָה שֶׁמְּכַבֶּדֶת אֶת בְּעָלֶיהָ"- נְדָרִים מָט ע"ב, וְכֵן:"נִכְנָס אַתָּה לְבֵית אֹכֶל- אֵין אָדָם מְעַקֵּם אֶת אַפּוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁאַתָּה צַבָּע, שֶׁכָּאן מְכַבֶּדֶת הַמְּלָאכָה אֶת בְּעָלֶיהָ"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 303)

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