Source for the Mitzvah of teaching a livelihood: Bava Metzia 30b
The father's responsibility of teaching his children a livelihood: Kiddushin 29a, 30b; Makkot 8b
Whether one should teach his son a trade, or a craft: Kiddushin 30b
Discussion of one who fails to teach his son a livelihood: Kiddushin 29a
HaShem provides food for all living things: Pesachim 118a
HaShem helping people with their livelihood, despite their lack of effort: Megillah 6b
Whether one can succeed without effort, and whether one can fail despite effort: Megillah 6b
One ought to make money while he still has money, rather than wait until he is in financial trouble: Shabbat 151b
Causes for the wealth of people in Israel, Bavel, and other countries: Shabbat 119a
Comparison between the effort of earning a living, and of labor, and of the ultimate redemption: Pesachim 118a
Comparison between the effort of earning a living, and of the splitting of the Red Sea: Pesachim 118a
Better to work for a living rather than to receive money for being a Torah Scholar or a Kohen: Pesachim 113a
The world needs Tanners and Druggists; better to be a druggist than a tanner: Pesachim 65a
Arranging a child's apprenticeship on Shabbat is considered work for a Mitzvah: R. Ketuvot 5a "Lilamdo"
Better to work close to home, even if it means a lower salary: Pesachim 113a
A butcher should keep his Slaughtering area bloody, to attract customers: Shabbat 75b
Prayers for success: Bava Metzia 42a
Taking a salary for teaching Torah: Nedarim 36b-37a
Taking pay for teaching how to read the Written Torah, or for guarding the schoolchildren: Nedarim 37a-b
The sins and merits of camel and donkey drivers: Niddah 14a
The righteousness of sailors: Niddah 14a
Travelling Shepherds who live in temporary settlements with their families "do not have lives," and are like dwellers of graves in their exposure to the elements: Eruvin 55b
The intelligence of children of shepherds: Eruvin 55b [see Rashi Pesachim 49b "Im Kol Beheimah"]
The wives of travelling Shepherds who live in temporary settlements with their families are not theirs, and neither are their children, because the distance and lack of population in the places the women immerse and bathe leaves the situation open to adultery: Eruvin 55b
Poverty
Financial Success depends upon Mazal: Moed Katan 28a
Poverty is a wheel which eventually turns for every family: Shabbat 151b
A person who attempts to push into wealth befoire his time will be pushed away; a person who bides his time will arrive at his time: Eruvin 13b
Whether a young Torah Scholar - Tzurba MeiRabbanan will ever become poor, or have to beg: Shabbat 151b
Equating poverty and death: Nedarim 7b Domestic strife begins when grain runs short in the home: Bava Metzia 59a
The Jewish nation was only called 'poor' when they ran out of grain: Bava Metzia 59a
Saving Money
Maintaining a diet of vegetables, instead of meats: Pesachim 114a
General advice on purchasing foods: Shabbat 140b
Earning a reward for not being miserly: Megillah 28a [2x]
Advice against saving money: Eruvin 54a
The righteous are careful with their funds, lest they squander their money and come to theft: Sotah 12a
Accepting Gifts
Earning a long life by not accepting gifts: Megillah 28a
A person who comes into money without effort should use some of it for a Mitzvah, such as acquiring a Torah or writing Tefillin, so that he will be able to retain the rest: Eruvin 64a-b
Rain
Divine control of the key for rain: Taanit 2b
Rain publicizes the merit of the righteous and their prayers: Ketuvot 5a
Weather is dictated from the beginning of the year: Berachot 18b
Rain can be a reward or punishment, depending on the type of rainfall: Taanit 8b
Rain can be a reward or punishment, depending on the day of the week [such as Friday]: Taanit 8b
Rain on Succot is considered a curse: Taanit 2a, 2b
Rain after the month of Nisan is considered a curse: Taanit 2b
Rain during Tevet: Taanit 6b
Defining the types of rainfall that are considered insufficient or sufficient: Taanit 6b
Might Gd withhold clouds and wind: Taanit 3b
The blessing to recite for rainfall, and when one recites it: Taanit 6b-7a
Comparing the greatness of rainfall to the ingathering of the exiles: Taanit 8b
Comparing the greatness of rainfall to the ultimate resurrection of the dead: Taanit 7a
Comparing the greatness of rainfall to the presentation of the Torah at Sinai: Taanit 7a
Comparing the greatness of rainfall to Creation: Taanit 7b
The time when rain falls is an auspicious time for other types of Divine salvation: Taanit 7b
Rain is a sign of Divine forgiveness; drought is a sign of Divine displeasure: Taanit 7b-8a
Specific sins that warrant drought: Omission of tithing produce, speaking slanderously, arrogance, lack of Torah study, theft: Taanit 7b
Rain as a punishment for people who pledge tzedakah and don't fulfill their pledges: Taanit 8b
The solution to a punishment of drought is to increase one's prayers, although it would be better to never have sinned in the first place: Taanit 7b, 8a
Approaching a pious person to pray on behalf of the community for rain: Taanit 8a
Gd is angered by those who become arrogant when their prayers for rain are answered: Taanit 8a
Rain as a reward for honesty: Taanit 8a
Drought is like a pregnancy in which the mother is unable to give birth: Taanit 8a-b
Rain as a blessing even for non-rain-related activities: Taanit 8b
The degrees of rain that will be brought for individuals, as opposed to communities: Taanit 9a-b
Divine control of the key to one's living: Taanit 2b
Becoming wealthy by honoring one's wife: Bava Metzia 59a
Firewood is more important than wheat, barley, wine, oil and salt [perhaps due to the great amount of wood needed to prepare food]: Gittin 56a
One who is not doing well in one town, but will not move, will complain but others won't be able to help him: Bava Metzia 75b
