Jewish%20thought for Pesachim 100:5

רבא רמי כתיב (תהלים נז, יא) כי גדול עד שמים חסדך וכתיב (תהלים קח, ה) כי גדול מעל שמים חסדך הא כיצד כאן בעושין לשמה וכאן בעושין שלא לשמה וכדרב יהודה דאמר רב יהודה אמר רב לעולם יעסוק אדם בתורה ומצות אף על פי שלא לשמה שמתוך שלא לשמה בא לשמה:

An indolent man who suffers loss, - he who does not work the whole week but works on the eve of the Sabbath. Raba said: As to these women of Mahuza,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 20, n. 5.');">¹²</span> though they do not work on the eve of the Sabbath, it is because they are used to indulgence [indolence], seeing that they do not work every day either. Yet even so, we call them, an indolent person who profits'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Var. lec. (v. Rashi) ; These women of Mahuza, although the reason they do no work. . Sabbath is that they are used . ,yet even so are called etc.]');">¹³</span> Raba opposed [two verses].

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