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Daily Thoughts
She Made Him Good
All that G‑d created, He said was good. Except for one: “It is not good that man is alone.”
All that G‑d created, He said was good. Except for one: “It is not good that man is alone.”
Brick Walls and Ladders
The One who put you here put the brick wall there. And so, He must have provided a ladder.
The One who put you here put the brick wall there. And so, He must have provided a ladder.
In material matters one should always look at he whose situation is lower than one's own, and thank the good G-d for His kindness to him. In spiritual matters one should always look at he who is higher than oneself, and plead with G-d to grant him the intelligence to learn from the other, and the ability and strength to rise higher.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
Print Magazine
Intellect is inadequate because not all things can be explained. Intellect needs faith.
Faith is impotent because it remains forever obscure. Faith needs intellect.
But they are opposites, as contradictory as yes and no:
Faith accepts; Intellect questions.
Faith surrenders; Intellect struggles.
Miraculously, ther...
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