What Is Your Greatest Fortune?

“If you do this [labor in Torah, even in poverty], how fortunate you are, and how good it is for you.” (Tehilim 128:2)

The mishnah explains: “How fortunate you are in this world.” (Brachos 8a) The Orthodox Jew who lives according to the ancient ways of the Jewish people is an optimistic and happy person. (This expression appears again and again in Tanach: “How happy is the nation… How happy is Yisrael…”) — Most Beautiful Nation