Midrash su Ezechiele 27:29

R. Elazar also said: "In the future all the professional men will become farmers, as it is said (Ez. 27, 29) And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, will come down from their ships and stand upon the land." R. Elazar said further: "There is no poorer occupation than with land, for it is said (Ib.) and they will come down." R. Elazar once noticed a field being ploughed widthwise. He remarked: "Even if you would plough it lengthwise (i.e., over and over again), nevertheless trading in business yields more profits than thou dost." When Rab entered a path [between fields] and saw the ears waving, he used to say: "Toss yourselves (be as proud as thou wilt), trading in business yields more profits than thou dost." Raba said: ["If a man invests] one hundred Zuzim in business, he can afford to eat meat and drink wine every day; but with one hundred Zuzim invested in land, one can merely eat salted vegetables; and not only this, but the investment causes him to sleep on the ground, [to watch it], and causes him also to quarrel with others." R. Papa said: "Have provisions of your own production and do not buy it, even though it may cost you the same price, for it is more blessed; buy ready made and do not spin. This, however, refers only to furniture, but not to clothing, because one may not be able to get just what he needs. Fill up [a hole when made in the wall in time] that thou needst not repair; you may even repair it expensively, but do not rebuild it, for whoever is occupied in the building business becomes poor [at the end.] Be always ready to sell land, but be slow (careful) in taking a wife. Go down a step when taking a wife, but go up a step in choosing a groomsman."

“The advantage of land is in every way, a king is subservient to a field. One who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor one who loves abundance with produce; this too is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 5:8–9).
“The advantage of land is in every way” – Rabbi Yehuda says: Even matters that you consider superfluous in the world are [an important] part of the existence of the world, like fiber to make rope, a thorn bush to fence a garden; they are [an important] part of the existence of the world.
“A king is subservient to a field” – even a king who reigns from one end of the world to the other end, “he is subservient to a field” – he asks and says: Has the field produced? Has the field not produced? Therefore, “one who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor one who loves abundance with produce,” as anyone who avidly pursues riches, but does not have land, what benefit does he have?
Rabbi Yishmael ben Rabbi Yosei and Rabbi Ḥanin say: It is written: “Everyone who grasps an oar will disembark from their ships; sailors and all navigators of the sea will stand upon the land” (Ezekiel 27:29). Do we not know that it is land on which they stand? Rather, if the ship of one of them sinks and he has land ashore, it supports him.³⁴If one’s livelihood is only from trade, he can easily lose everything if his ship goes down at sea. If he owns land, he can plant crops and be sustained in a less risky manner. If he has no land, there is no greater vanity.

Rabbi Neḥemya says: “The advantage of land is in every way.” Matters that appear as though they are beyond the scope of the Torah, like the addenda³⁵This is a reference to tannaitic literature not included in the Mishna. of the study hall of Rabbi and the addenda of the study hall of Rabbi Natan, the laws of converts and slaves, they too were given to Moses from Sinai. And like the laws of ritual fringes, phylacteries, and mezuzot, they are included in the Torah, as it is written: “The Lord gave me the two tablets of stone inscribed with the finger of God, and on them were all the matters [kekhol hadevarim]” (Deuteronomy 9:10), and it is written: “All the mitzva [hamitzva] that I am commanding you…” (Deuteronomy 8:1), Kol, kekhol; devarim, hadevarim; mitzva, hamitzva³⁶These words contain superfluous prefixes, as the verses could have said kol, devarim, and mitzva, but instead says kekhol, hadevarim, and hamitzva. All these prefixes are amplifications that serve to include the types of Torah study detailed in the midrash. – [to teach that] Bible, Mishna, halakha, Talmud, addenda, aggadot, and even what a distinguished disciple is destined to say before his teacher, all these were given as a halakha to Moses from Sinai. “King” – this is a master of Talmud; “Subservient to a field” – this is the master of the Mishna, who hoes the halakha before him.³⁷Just as one hoes in order to eventually reap the crops, one who masters the Mishna is then able to analyze the mishnayot and apply them as necessary. Rabbi Yaakov bar Avuna said in the name of Rabbi Yosei: One who learned but did not teach, there is no greater vanity than this.
The Rabbis say: Even things in the world that you consider to be superfluous, like flies, fleas, and gnats, they too are included in the creation of the world, as it is stated: “[The heavens and the earth] were completed, [with all their host]” (Genesis 2:1).