What you see of a person, you may not like.
Yet who this person really is, you can never know.
Look past the outer shell. Speak to the unknowable within, the divine spark each of us contains.
Ignite that spark and anything is possible..
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. Subscribe and get your dose daily. To order Rabbi Freeman’s latest book, Wisdom to Heal the Earth, click here.
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Mordi
wisc
April 13, 2010
knowing When you come across a menace, don't think twice and run in the opposite direction. Leave it to the government systems such as the prison psychiatrist or mental ward to figure out what is going on inside. Reply
Sol
NH
April 30, 2026
in response to Mordi:
Thank you! This thinking you can change a person just by "igniting their spark" is wrong, its not what Torah teaches. Torah teaches to avoid fools, etc. When people are avoided, it could be the catalyst that convinces them they need to change. Manipulators will keep you trying and trying to "change" them by faking it to keep you around while you keep catering to them. You don't have to hate or judge, just avoid the people Torah tells us to stay away from-its for your-and their-own good. Reply
Dr. Harry Hamburger
Miamii, Fl
April 13, 2010
Look in the Mirror When you see someone you don't like you are looking at yourself in a mirror. For every Jew is part of one family, and each of us serve as both an insipiration and mirror for each other. As has been saiid, "the lady doth protest too much." What we criticize in others is often wiithin ourselves. Reply
Laura Truelove
April 13, 2010
Teaching on Prayer For 5 months in 2009 I taught weekly on prayer. In hindsight I realize I spoke to the inner core of each member of my class. It was the inner core in each person that looked back at me and encouraged me to feed it with truth. That encouragement enabled me to teach from my own inner core. This is how G-d communicates His truth to human souls. Reply
Laura Truelove
April 13, 2010
Speaking From Our Own Inner Core May each of us speak from our own inner core to the inner core of the person to whom we are speaking. What a difference this would make! Authentic communication is possible only when we do so. This is how true love is expressed. Reply
Sir. Netanel Tzyon Ben-yehoshua
April 13, 2010
This is the Best Post I Have Ever Been Given
This post has answered a big question I had asked. It is by Divine Will that I was given it.
Thank you for sending it.
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Stella H Howell
wokingham, UK
April 13, 2010
Who This Really Is
This verse initially appears to address third party, another person. Though in conclusion, it appears to address oneself. Should this verse be addressed to oneself for change, I do not understand how an individual can look past its outer shell, because each one of us, presumably fully comprehends ourselves. As the saying goes,' from abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh'. Hence there are ways to understand 'a person', not necessarily appearances.
Have I misunderstood the verse?
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We are imprisoned by egoism. It controls our thoughts, intentions and actions. It locks us inside our self. It sets up barriers between us. It causes repulsion between differences.
The darkness we see in the world before us is a mirror to this coarse force within us.
Deep within our heart is a holy force that adheres to divine qualities. It is the weaker force, dormant in many and subjugated by the powerful ego.
Those in whom this spark of light has awakened must radiate it so that those same sparks in others will feel the illumination strengtheniing their courage to unlock their hearts to freedom.
Bringing light to darkness shifts hatred to love.
Let your light shine from your higher self. The world needs all the light it can get.