[Avodah] Worker or Craftsman

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

How do we view the task of life?

Is a person an po'el, paid for his time? Implying, it's our job to do
good while here on earth, but the determining factor is the duration?

Or is a person an uman, paid to get a particular job done. We're put on
earth to get some specific accomplishment.

The Zohar suggests something more like an uman when it uses an idiom like
"ana avda deQBH". Admittedly an eved does not get paid for his time,
but an eved is for the duration, whether until shemittah, until yovel,
or for the rest of his life.

However, in Shaar haGilgulim we get all this talk about a person having
a tafqid, and how if they fail to get the job done, they could be given
a second chance.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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