Physical Labor Is Divine

Ben Sira 7:15

ca. 180–132 BCE

Do not hate hard labor or farm work, which was created by the Most High.

Translation from the New Revised Standard Version.

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Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.

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