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Why are the nations of the world rebuked specifically because אשר לא ידעוך, since they did not know Hashem?
The Alter of Salbodka explains based on a Gemora in ע״ז. The Gemora says that when Moshiach will come, the
nations of the world will ask Hashem to be rewarded for building marketplaces and roads, as they are what enabled the Yidden to learn Torah. Hashem will respond that since the nations did all this only for themselves, they will receive no reward.
Explains the Alter of Slabodka, this is why the nations are rebuked for not knowing Hashem and not calling out in His name. Even when they are doing what they are supposed to be doing in developing the world, since they do not do it for the righ
t reasons, they are not serving Hashem.
However, we ought not to act like that. Even when we are עוסק בדברי חול, doing mundane things, we should be doing them to enable ourselves and our families to be עוסק בתורה ומצות - and when we do so, we can get rewarded for all that we do.
לע״נ דוד חיים בן ישראל דוב הכהן
לע״נ ר׳ חיים דוב בן ר׳ בןציון שלום
