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31 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 03:00:00 -0800 240 Being "Like" Rebbi Shimon
Bar Yochai  The Gemara in Brachos (35b) quotes Rebbi Shimon that
one cannot succeed in Torah if he is constantly busy with work,
while Rebbi Yishmael says that one may work and study Torah. 
The gemara concludes that many did as Rebbi Shimon suggested and
did not succeed. If they followed this lofty ideal what went
wrong?  The Likutei Basar Likutei quotes from the Baal Asara
L'Mei'a that to be successful studying torah full time and
receiving financial sustenance from Hashem without doing any
"hishtadlus", one must be 100% pure in both actions and his
intention. If he plays the game but does not have a pure heart,
totally devoted to Hashem, it will not work. This can be learned
from the words of the gemara, "many did as Rebbi Shimon".  Their
actions were okay but their hearts were not pure and therefore
they did not s