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

Everything Man is given comes in a finite package. Even the tablets Moses carried down from Mount Sinai were defined and bounded.

And so, when G‑d saw Moses mourning over the broken tablets, He said, “Your powers were focused when you smashed the tablets. For now you will receive a Torah you may extend wider than the sea.”

When Man fails, he shatters the treasures G‑d has put in his trust. But then he cries and picks up the shards to restore what he has ruined.

That is when he discovers that G‑d Himself was hidden inside.
He discovers the Infinite.


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Posted: Mar 4, 2012
Breaking Limits
So true. When man/woman fails they shatter the treasures G-d has put in their trust. His amazing love and compassion is unfathomable. This is my reality. That infinite love is within us. From the beginning, and all through our lives. All we need to do is seek, and we will find it, ask, and it shall be given to us. When we trust and believe. Sometimes, in the struggle, we ask: Father where are you? The answer may not come inmediately, but if we do not give up, His presence will show up. And then, then, joy comes in abundance, because of the assurance of His Precious presence which is overwhelming. How frail are we. Yet, He knows!!!
Posted By Anonymous, Mesa, Arizona, USA

Posted: Sep 7, 2008
Chabad org!
Thanks for these so profound insights!
Posted By Carmen, São Paulo, SP

Posted: Oct 4, 2006
Response to Sarita
Actually, G_d considered this action of Moses--of breaking the tablets--as the most heroic act of his life.
Posted By Tzvi Freeman (Author)

Posted: Oct 2, 2006
Moses
When I was reading a chapter where Moses was given an order to take a look at the Canaan from the Mointain because it was his last stop, I was crying.

Did the fact that Moses broke first two tablets in disappointment that people could not wait long enough for him and built an idol again, added up to G-d decision for Moses not to take people to the Land?
Posted By Sarita, Forest Hills, NY/USA



 


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