The Mitzvah of becoming wealthy

 

Parshas Hashavua --- כי יקח איש אשה חדשה לא יצא בצבא Devarim 24:5   There is a מחלוקת ראשונים if the איסור of  leaving the wife during the first year after marriage is applicable only when leaving her to join the army or even for other reasons one may not leave her alone for the first year. The Shu"t Chasam Sofer (EH 2 155) writes that even according to the חינוך who holds that one may not leave his wife  even for other reasons than joining the army will admit that if he leaves her for a Mitzvah then he may do so. Therefore one may leave his wife behind even the first year after marriage to go out and earn a living being it's a Mitzvah. The Chasam Sofer concludes that בזמן הזה not only earning a living is a Mitzvah but  accumulating wealth is also a Mitzvah as mentioned in Shulchan Aruch  (Rema O.Ch.248:4)  יהי רצון we should all be זוכה to be מקיים this Mitzvah among all other Mitzvos with all the הידורים and amass lots & lots of wealth אכיה"ר