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In Judaism, it is expected that a man work for a living to earn a parnassa and support himself and his family. Torah law requires a man to work for a living. Genesis 3:19 states that "from the sweat of your brow will you eat bread." Talmud Torah 3:10 states that anyone who decides to be engaged in Torah study and not to work for a living but rather to collect tzedaka has committed a Chillul Hashem. Avot 4:5 states that anyone who derives benefit from the words of the Torah will forfeit his portion in Olam Haba. A Jew is required to avoid becoming a burden of charity on the community and society. He is required to accept any type of work that is available to him, even if it is something he abhors, is shameful to him, or is strenuous. Nevertheless, a large number of Orthodox Jews, mostly Haredi, spend their lives studying Torah all the time and not working for a living.

Disabled persons
A disabled person who is unable to work due to a disability is exempt from working and is permitted to collect tzedaka. One who is physically able to work, but finds it may harm his/her health to do so may collect tzedaka. One wo is physicalli intact, but who is mentally incapable of doing any type of work is exempt. But one who has a disability, but is fully able to work even with disability is required to work and not to use the disability as an excuse not to work.

Collecting government-issued welfare reserved for disabled persons is considered tzedaka under these laws. A person who has a need deemed serious enough to accept welfare is permitted to collect. But one who is capable of working, but seeks to get declared disabled by the government in order to avoid working is committing a most egregious sin. Included in this category are those with aversion to working; these people are said to be overcome by their yetzer hara, which has lead them to laziness.

Tractate Pe'ah describes that one who feigns illness to be able to collect charity will come in need of charity.