Even a Poor Job Builds Self Respect - #2

‘A person should rather engage in work that is beneath his dignity than rely on charity.’ (Bava Basra 110a)

It often seems, with the welfare system in this country, that people would rather take money from the government than accept a job that does not suit them.

As I explained yesterday, Torah suggests that this is a mistake.

Life might be more comfortable but at the end of the day, human beings simply do not enjoy being takers. In the end of the day it undermines self respect.