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King David tells us in Tehillim (55:23) לא יתן לעולם מוט לצדיק, [Hashem] will never give a carrying bar/pole to a tzaddik.

Now, granted, such poles have sometimes been used for nefarious purposes, like when the Spies used them to carry back gigantic fruit from Eretz Yisrael in order to slander the Land (Bamidbar 13:23 and Rashi there). But on the other hand, a מוט was used to carry the Menorah and other sacred vessels of the Mishkan (Bamidbar 4:10, 12), and even the carrying poles of the Aron are sometimes called מוטות (I Divrei Hayamim 15:15, and Rashi to Shemos 25:13).

So why are such bars barred to the tzaddikim?

This question is Purim Torah and is not intended to be taken completely seriously. See the Purim Torah policy.

Meir
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Koheles 7:20:

כִּ֣י אָדָ֔ם אֵ֥ין צַדִּ֖יק בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲשֶׂה־טּ֖וֹב וְלֹ֥א יֶחֱטָֽא׃

There is no Tzadik in the world which will do good but not sin.

If the ט-ו of טוב is combined with the Gematria of the subsequent four letters in the verse ב-ו-ל-א that equals 39, which is the same as 40, the numerical equivelant of מ, leaving us with טומ. Backwards we have:

There is no Tzadik in the world which will do MOT.

Thus, Tzadikim are not granted poles, because they simply are not geared for that type of life.

Dr. Shmuel
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