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The Boundless Leaf
Discuss (5)What is a leaf? A leaf is boundlessness compressed within a boundless context.
It is boundless because its very existence is an act of a Creator who knows no bounds, who can extrude an endless number of leaves in endless variety out of the nothingness.
It is boundless in design, containing a wisdom that may be studied for endless lifetimes and yet never depleted.
It is boundless in form, for there is nothing about it that can ever be measured and stored with perfect accuracy, nothing of its future that can be predicted with precision.
And it lies within a context that is boundless, the boundless destiny of all creation: that the Unknowable should be made known from its hiding place within a single leaf.
Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson
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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In fact, I would vote for a leaf to be President! At least it would do no harm just floating around the oval office. Leaf for president!
Miami, Fl
Modi''in, Israel
floating gently on the wind
What a feeling to be free
Soon it falls unto the ground
dries up
and dies without a sound
If you want to live
and truly be free
remain attached to the tree.
Miami, Fl.
Karachi, Pakistan