If it is permissible, and it came into your life, you must use it for the good.
If it can be lifted to a place higher than you found it, you cannot leave it behind.
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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Jeremy M
July 12, 2016
only when you are able to push something away are you able to elevate it Thank you Rabbi Tzvi for sharing this. Reply
Raul Cabrera
Missouri
July 12, 2016
Thank you to the webmasters for fixing the mobile site. I enjoy reading the daily dose of wisdom before my regular Parsha reading. Reply
shlmel
West Palm Beach, Fl
July 12, 2016
Leave Nothing Behind ok. Reply
Eugina Giovanna Herrera
New York, New York
August 8, 2012
It is It is part of the behavior or optional with our spiritually to make choices Reply
Lasarusa Yehuda Sovea Ben-Zion
Suva, Fiji Islands
August 8, 2012
Leave Nothing Bekind.... ...for all can be put to good use. Thank you. Reply
Rabbi Tzvi Freeman
April 15, 2010
for Chanah in Brooklyn In one of the Rebbe's entries to his private diary, he writes that only when you are able to push something away are you able to elevate it. Reply
Noahide
Tehran, Iran
April 15, 2010
So beautiful The words make me think so much, they are indeed enlightening:) Thank U Reply
Chanah
Brooklyn
April 15, 2010
what about the saying "what is forbidden is forbidden and what is permitted is not necassary"? I've been perplexed for a while about how these two perspectives reconcile Reply
Litter is one example of the easiest things to elevate every day. There is a spark of the creator in everything. Let the hidden light shine!