243. Finding Grace

One should know that he should be rewarded with finding the grace of Kedusha [holiness]. Without finding grace, it is impossible to do anything not in order to receive reward, as was said, “How does one dance before the bride? The House of Shammai say, ‘The bride as she is.’ The House of Hillel say, ‘a beautiful and graceful bride’” (Ketubot 16b).