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360. A Time of Silence


A parable:

A father answers the questions of his child and they are happy together, in joyful dialogue.

Then the child asks a question, and the father must think deeply -not just for the answer, but to reach to the essence of this answer so he may bring it to the world of his child. For a long while, the father is quiet.

And so, the child becomes anxious and begins to cry. "Father, where are you? Why do you no longer talk to me? Why have you deserted me for your own thoughts?"

And then the father begins to speak, but this time it is the deepest core of his mind that flows into the mind and heart of the child. Such a flow that with this the child, too, may become a father.

The child is us. The time of silence is now.

When the spirit of Man is dark, when the flow gates of Above seem all but sealed, prepare for liberation.


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Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory; rendered by Tzvi Freeman

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Posted: Aug 9, 2008
time of silence
Yet another metaphor for Gd's seeming ongoing silence.

We have too many such metaphors.

Too many explanations.

Too many excuses.

Humans who have had hard times have heard too many excuses.

And Gd should not need us to make excuses for Him.
Posted By Benjamin Brach

Posted: Aug 8, 2008
Beautiful
I like this, it's beautiful.
Posted By Christopher D. Horn, Pierceton, Indiana/USA

Posted: Aug 8, 2008
Thank you to let me understand again who we are..
Thank you to remind us, our deepest thoughts, and behaviors. A parent is just someone who does understand. A father is the one who is responsible. The child and who we are is just a person who responds.
Posted By Francine, Canada



 


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1992: Community according to the Rebbe
1993: Pain according to the Rebbe
1994: Death according to the Rebbe
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1996: Absence according to the Rebbe
1997: Confusion according to the Rebbe
1998: Apathy according to the Rebbe
1999: Judaism's Universal Message according to the Rebbe
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