If the True Reward Is Spiritual, Why Does the Torah Promise Rain, Livelihood, and Peace?
Why does the Torah describe material blessings if spiritual life is supposed to be the deeper goal?
This Hagut Yosef essay follows Rambam in distinguishing ultimate spiritual reward from the material conditions described in Bechukotai. Within the source’s faith framework, prosperity, health, and peace are presented not as the final payment for mitzvot, but as conditions that can free a person to continue learning and serving. The localized layer does not promise material success to any individual or explain hardship as a simple measure of merit.