According to the Effort is the Reward

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We are not in control of results in this world. Only God is.

We can only control how much effort we choose to put into a task to help achieve our goals.

In the Mishna, Ben Heh Heh teaches us, “According to the Effort is the Reward.” That means, when we undertake a job consistent with God’s will, we will be judged not by the results, but by the effort we put into overcoming the obstacles in our way.

When you care so deeply about what God wants, that you are willing to suffer through trials and tribulations in order to attempt to achieve it, you necessarily deepen your relationship with Him in a very profound way… whether or not you achieve the results in this world.  That is our ultimate reward.

This is what the same Yavne’el Valley in the Galilee looks like today — over 100 years later.

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Shmuel

Inventor, Computer Scientist, Serial Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Novelist and Rabbi all rolled into one. Rabbi Veffer’s breadth of experience in and his clear articulate delivery make complex ideas seem simple. He brings the world, and world events into focus through the lens of Torah. He has spoken around the world for the past 20 years, from Cambridge University, to the Old City of Jerusalem. He has combined his mathematical and scientific background with his Torah knowledge to deliver seminars throughout North America. He has been interviewed by National Public Radio and has been featured in the New York Times, the National Post and Mishpacha Magazine. Shmuel Veffer is the author, under his pseudonym Charles Samuel, of the best selling novel, "The Jerusalem Conspiracy" and "Missiles, Masks and Miracles," the incredible true story of the first Gulf War.

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