The work is getting done — but parnassah is from Hashem
“Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day it should be holy for you, a day of complete rest for Hashem…” (Shemos 35:2)
Why doesn’t the pasuk say, “Six days you should do work,” instead of saying, “work may be done”?
A person must understand that he himself is not doing work for parnassah. The work is getting done — but parnassah is from Hashem. Once you accept this, then you can rest fully on Shabbos, knowing that on that day, no work can be done, but that no profit would come from such work. (Rav Shlomo Ganzfried, Sefer Apiryon)
The food was good and so was the company. I was enjoying myself as I networked with fellow authors at a luncheon for editors and writers.
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