Torah 210 · תורה ר״י

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.