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When Compassion Is Misplaced

A Taste of Text—Vayigash

By Chana Weisberg

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Topics: Reunion of Jacob and Joseph, Joseph Reveals Himself to his Brothers, Vayigash

We can educate, inspire and assist another, but ultimately, the only one who can effect any real and lasting change is the person himself.

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	Chana Weisberg is a writer, editor and lecturer. She authored several books, including her latest, Tending the Garden: The Unique Gifts of the Jewish Woman. She has served as the dean of several women’s educational institutes, and lectures internationally on issues relating to women, faith, relationships and the Jewish soul.

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Posted: Dec 28, 2011

ruthless/ruth less and a story about LOVE

I think we wallow in self-pity, not compassion.
I believe the true compass in life, our true North exists in compassion, in finding empathy, that path, that places us square in the shoes of another, and that this is why we read books, as a truly good story places us in those shoes, and we also learn by traversing the road of the protagonists we identify with, as they so often conquer whatever is their stumbling block.

That's why we enjoy great movies, as the road traveled by another, if we can identify, teaches us about routes and our own deep angst, is often alleviated, by also realizing we're all in this together, a mystery story, containing both ",mysery" and also My Story.

To act with compassion, is what we're all supposed to be learning, because that is the deepest meaning of ruah, soul. And I think it's not random that The Book of Ruth also contains the lineage of the Messiah, because to have ruth, a word not in the English dictionary, is about SOUL , but there's "ruth less".

Posted By ruth housman, marshfield hills, ma