Examining the parable of the quarryman: he is the sum of his stones • Consider the paradox of the quarryman's toil that he perceives as his leisure • Examining the parable of the logger: he is warmed immediately through his labor and reaps the primary warmth from the firewood much later • The occupational hazards of Torah • Our strength is rooted in Abraham and additionally in Joseph as expressed in the miraculous splitting of the sea
