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Daily Thought
Meaningful Opposition
There can be no opponents to the purpose of creation—only meaningful challenges.
There can be no opponents to the purpose of creation—only meaningful challenges.
The Multicolored Coat
Be like the sewing needle: at one end open and receptive, at the other firm and sharp.
Be like the sewing needle: at one end open and receptive, at the other firm and sharp.
There are three places regarding which the nations cannot accuse Israel and say, "You have stolen them": the cave of Machpeilah, as it is written: "And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver" (Genesis 23:16); the Temple Mount, as it is written, "So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold" (I Chronicles 21:25); and Joseph's tomb -- "And [Jacob] bought the parcel of land for a hundred pieces of silver" (Genesis 33:19)
— Midrash Rabbah, Bereishit 33:19
Print Magazine
Anxieties, worries, feelings of inadequacy and failure—all these smother and cripple the soul from doing its job.
You need to find the appropriate time to deal with them. But don’t carry them around the whole day.
During the day, you are Adam and Eve before they tasted the fruit of good and evil.
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