By the same token, when a person works for his own benefit, he or she will be lucky to have the bare minimum, like the proverbial one-dollar tin of shoe polish. But, when they work with the intent of serving Hashem and fulfilling His commandments, he or she will ultimately have whatever they need.

we can now envision the life cycle not as stages in the life of each Jewish individual, but rather as the unfolding expression of the covenant at every moment of each person’s life. It is not our life cycle we celebrate; it is the life of the covenant linking God with the Jewish people that is worthy of our attention and that justifies our celebrat

Hashem says to them: “Are not the righteous satisfied with what is stored up for them in the world to come that they wish to live at ease in this world too?”