If a person does not plow in the summer, what will he eat in the rainy season?

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If a person does not plow in the summer, what will he eat in the rainy season?

If a person does not plow in the summer, what will he eat in the rainy season?

Figuratively: If a person does not make an effort when he can, how will he earn or survive in the future or when he can no longer make an effort? If a person does not exert himself, he will not achieve anything.

("And the Holy One, blessed be He, answers them: Fools of the world, the world you were in is like the eve of Shabbat and this world is like Shabbat. If a person does not prepare on the eve of Shabbat, what will he eat on Shabbat?... Likewise, it is like the summer days and the rainy days; if one does not plow, sow, and reap during the summer, what will he eat during the rainy season" - Midrash Mishlei 6 )

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִם אֵין אָדָם חוֹרֵשׁ בִּימוֹת הַחַמָּה-מַה יֹּאכַל בִּימוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים?

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אִם אָדָם לֹא מִתְאַמֵּץ כְּשֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל כֵּיצַד יוּכַל לְהַרְוִיחַ אוֹ לְהִתְקַיֵּם בֶּעָתִיד אוֹ כְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל יוֹתֵר לְהִתְאַמֵּץ? אִם אָדָם לֹא מִתְאַמֵּץ-לֹא יוּכַל לְהַשִּׂיג דָּבָר.

("והקב"ה מְשִׁיבָם: שׁוֹטִים שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם,עוֹלָם שֶׁהֱיִיתֶם בּוֹ דּוֹמֶה לָעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת וְהָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה דּוֹמֶה לָשֶׁבֶת. אִם אֵין אָדָם מֵכִין מַעֲרָב שַׁבָּת מָה יֹאכַל בְּשַׁבָּת... וְכֵן הוּא דּוֹמֶה לִימוֹת הַחַמָּה וְלִימוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים, אִם אֵינוֹ חוֹרֵשׁ וְזוֹרֵעַ וְקוֹצֵר בִּימוֹת הַחַמָּה מָה יֹאכַל בִּימוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים"- מִדְרַשׁ מִשְׁלֵי ו )

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