By doing business honestly, a person fulfills [the mitzvah of] “You shall love [God]” (Deuteronomy 6:5). As our Sages, of blessed memory, said: “You shall love”—Heaven’s name should become beloved through you (Yoma 86a).
And when a person fulfills “You shall love,” his livelihood is without struggle or toil. As our Sages, of blessed memory, said: “A person’s livelihood is as difficult as splitting the Red Sea” (Pesachim 118a). Splitting the Red Sea was in the merit of Avraham, <who is himself the> aspect of “And you shall love,” as our Sages, of blessed memory, said: “the sea returned just before morning” (Exodus 14:27)—this is the morning of Avraham (Zohar II, 170b).
Thus it is that when morning—the aspect of Avraham/<love>—arrives, the difficult becomes relaxed. For until the morning, splitting the Red Sea was difficult for Him. From this we may conclude that by doing business honestly, a person is linked to the aspect of “And you shall love”/Avraham, and as a result he has no difficulty [earning] his livelihood.
לְשׁוֹן רַבֵּנוּ זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה עַל־יְדֵי מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן בֶּאֱמוּנָה הוּא מְקַיֵּם וְאָהַבְתָּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (יומא פו): וְאָהַבְתָּ – שֶׁיְּהֵא שֵׁם שָׁמַיִם מִתְאַהֵב עַל יָדֶיךָ וְכוּ'.
By doing business honestly, a person fulfills [the mitzvah of] “You shall love [God]” (Deuteronomy 6:5). As our Sages, of blessed memory, said: “You shall love”—Heaven’s name should become beloved through you (Yoma 86a).
וּכְשֶׁמְּקַיֵּם וְאָהַבְתָּ, עַל יְדֵי זֶה יִהְיֶה לוֹ פַּרְנָסָה בְּלֹא יְגִיעָה וָטֹרַח, כִּי אָמְרוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (פסחים קיח): קָשִׁין מְזוֹנוֹתָיו כִּקְרִיעַת יַם־סוּף, וּקְרִיעַת יַם סוּף הָיָה עַל־יְדֵי זְכוּת אַבְרָהָם, בְּחִינַת וְאָהַבְתָּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: וַיָּשָׁב הַיָּם לִפְנוֹת בֹּקֶר – דָּא בֹּקֶר דְּאַבְרָהָם.
And when a person fulfills “You shall love,” his livelihood is without struggle or toil. As our Sages, of blessed memory, said: “A person’s livelihood is as difficult as splitting the Red Sea” (Pesachim 118a). Splitting the Red Sea was in the merit of Avraham, <who is himself the> aspect of “And you shall love,” as our Sages, of blessed memory, said: “the sea returned just before morning” (Exodus 14:27)—this is the morning of Avraham (Zohar II, 170b).
נִמְצָא כְּשֶׁהִגִּיעַ עֵת הַבֹּקֶר בְּחִינַת אַבְרָהָם, אֲזַי יָצָא מִקִּשּׁוּי לְקַל, כִּי עַד הַבֹּקֶר הָיָה קָשֶׁה לְפָנָיו קְרִיעַת יַם סוּף, נִמְצָא עַל יְדֵי מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן בֶּאֱמוּנָה אָחוּז בִּבְחִינַת וְאָהַבְתָּ, בְּחִינַת אַבְרָהָם, אֲזַי אֵין קָשִׁין לוֹ מְזוֹנוֹתָיו: לְשׁוֹן רַבֵּנוּ זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה
Thus it is that when morning—the aspect of Avraham/<love>—arrives, the difficult becomes relaxed. For until the morning, splitting the Red Sea was difficult for Him. From this we may conclude that by doing business honestly, a person is linked to the aspect of “And you shall love”/Avraham, and as a result he has no difficulty [earning] his livelihood.