Preserving the Child - Daily Dose of Wisdom

How will we sustain the innocence, genius and beauty of the child?

First, we will nurture that beauty from its very beginning. We will surround the child with Torah and sing to it songs of wisdom even before it leaves the womb. We will make the child's room into a sanctuary with holy books, posters with thoughtful messages hanging on the walls and a charity box to be used daily.

And then, as the child emerges to discover that the world outside is not quite the same as that sanctuary inside, we will explain:
"Yes, this is not the way it is supposed to be. But it is only temporary. It's left up to you and I and all of us to change it, right now."

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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November 23, 2009

Beautiful poem. It was very calming and peaceful to me as I read it.

Denise
Pittsburgh, PA/USA