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Fortitude


Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

Maybe you feel you just can’t hack it. You know there is nothing to fear, but you are afraid. Your mind affirms that there are no obstacles that cannot be overcome, but your heart is unable to overcome even its very own pangs.

It’s true; there are people who do not run from anything, who know no fear of beast or man, of life or of death. Even as they enter this world, they remain above and beyond; their feet barely touch the ground. They are the tzadikim, those who never enter the monster’s lair. But if they never enter that place, how could they ever slay the dragon?

You, on the other hand, you face that awesome fear inside on its own ground. So you will make a partnership. The tzadik will lend you his power and with it you will wrestle the dark monster to the dust. For all of us are a single soul.
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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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Posted: Dec 27, 2009
fortitude
Dear Rabbi,

Please explain "single soul."

Thank you
Posted By ingride lewis, kfar saba, israel

Posted: Dec 26, 2009
Thank you Rabbi Freeman...

Your daily dose of words has again helped me......This time, your words have eased a fear I have been "wrestling" with....and your comment about "all of us are a single soul" is a powerful reminder, that I am part of that "one soul " and I should have no fear ion the secular battle ground.....
All I need fear, is G-d.
Posted By Chana, east stroudsburg, pa

Posted: Dec 26, 2009
no words can express such a deep an a biding feeling ,how beuatifully deeply it felt thank you
Posted By alina carr, roselle park , nj

Posted: Dec 25, 2009
tazadikim
We can always look for the attributes of charity within....and all the rest of the personal characteristics.
Shabbat Shalom,
Posted By Chanoch Brown, Miami Beach, FL

Posted: Dec 25, 2009
I think we all are Tzadikim
Some more experienced, some less.

Even the most experienced Tzadik have once, in one time, entered the monster's lair and wrestled with it, otherwise how could he know that there are no monsters that we should fear?
Posted By Carmen

Posted: Dec 25, 2009
Fortitude
My life is hard. I am very grateful for your Daily Dose. When change comes I'm gonna let you know :) (Mirtz Hashem, there should be change!!)
Posted By Anthony Burman, Cape Town, SA

Posted: Dec 25, 2009
Tzadik's power
The comments left indicate some truth to this tzadik you speak of, that point made you also spoke "those who never enter the monster’s lair". Perhaps they robbed the monster lair and split to higher ground for safety or something completely different that involved some kind of Testing or something, who knows, it's good stuff to read so thanks for writing it sir.
Posted By James David, Trabuco Canyon, Ca/USA

Posted: Feb 15, 2009
Thanks!
I don't know how you do it, but every day, the dose is exactly what I need to keep going. Todah!
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Feb 15, 2009
inspiring
hmm...i recieve these "daily doeses" everyday and for a while ive had so much mail and things to do that ive been deleting them often however, today, i was feeling a little down and well i dont know i decided to read this one because i figured it couldnt do anything but help in the given depression i was in. honestly, not only did it make me feel kinda better but i think it was one of the most inspitiring if not THE most inspiring of the daily doses. this is beautiful and i guess what we all need to know sometimes is things which we fear, such as fear, are what make us human and we are not angels =) thanks.
Posted By Angela Bronstein, Flushing, NY

Posted: Feb 15, 2009
Fortitutde
I read this and wondered, Did he hear my conversation last night? Because that is precisely how I feel. As if G-d had a little too much faith in me and my abilities to handle life's challenges. So thank you, again and again, for your Daily Dose wisdom. Even when I can't feel in my heart that it is true for me, I know that it must be, somehow. I can't be that special, so if it is true for other Jews, other non-Jews, for all people, than why not for me?
Posted By Anonymous, Englewood, NJ



 


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