Yevamos 63a § 2
Farming Causes Great Stress
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Similarly Rav entered between the sheaves
in a field and saw them waving in the wind.
A Similar idea:
in a field and saw them waving in the wind.
| Rav | If you want to wave
go ahead and wave, but conducting business is better than farming with you. |
A Similar idea:
| Rav | One who has a 100 dinars that are invested
in a business is able to eat meat and wine every day, whereas he who has 100 dinars worth of land eats only salt and vegetables. And what is more, working the land causes him to lie on the ground at night in order to guard it, and it draws quarrels upon him with other people. |