I slowly came to view my work as a form of hishtadlut to support my family as well as an opportunity for kiddush Hashem, rather than purely as a vehicle for money and personal fulfillment
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ike many Israelis, I acquired my high-tech training — and my fluency in English — in the army, where I served in a top-secret communications unit.
At the time, I was not fully religious, though I came from a traditional Sephardic family where we made Kiddush Friday night, fasted on Yom Kippur, and knew with absolute certainty that Someone above was running things.
I completed my army service during the high-tech boom of the 1990s, and was hired by a leading Israeli high-tech company. The company enjoyed explosive growth, and I soon found myself managing a team of about 15 engineers.
About ten years into my tenure at the company, when I was married with several children, my family and I made the decision to become religious. My newfound observance posed no conflict with my job, as I davened Shacharit at the haneitz minyan and scheduled my Torah learning for before and after work. Yet as avodat Hashem became more central to my life, I slowly came to view my work as a form of hishtadlut to support my family as well as an opportunity for kiddush Hashem, rather than purely as a vehicle for money and personal fulfillment.
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