“[Rabbi Akiva] used to say: Everything is given on collateral,⁴⁰ and a net is spread over all the living…” (Pirkei Avos 3:16). The Hebrew word “spread,” prusa, is from the word pras, “reward,”⁴¹” (Pirkei Avos1:3). which itself is related to the word “livelihood,” parnasa. The net of parnasa is spread over the entire world. Everyone is so preoccupied with making a living that no one has the time to think about serving G‑d. Bas Ayin, Bamidbar

footnotes: ⁴⁰ That is, a person is responsible for everything he has in life, and in the end, must give an accounting on all that he did. ⁴¹ As in: “Do not be like servants who serve their master in order to receive reward – pras