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Berachos 032: Four activities which require strengthening

Alain Eliahu Sportiche asks:

Berachot 32b
"There are four activities which require strengthening: Torah
(study), good deeds, prayer, and livelihood."

Dear Rebbeim,
What are the priorities, how much time should be devoted to each activity?

Alain Eliahu Sportiche, Paris, France
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The Kollel replies*:

The Talmud here is simply informing us of a reality that these four
activities will naturally weaken if we don't strengthen them in the
same way that our muscles weaken if we don't excercise them.  How
much excercise does a person need?  If he's in bad shape he needs a
lot. If he's in good shape he needs a program of maintenance which
takes less time.  The same is true here: if he's strong in one of these areas
he just needs a maintenance program.  If he's week in a particular
area he needs more of a development program.  And, of course, in
deciding which one to do devote time and energy to he should choose
the area that he is weakest in.

Kol Tuv,

Yonasan Sigler


*This is not a Psak Halachah


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