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Daily Thought
Redefining the Past
Nothing can hold you back—not your childhood, not the history of a lifetime. If the past was a ring of futility, let it become a wheel of yearning that drives you forward. If it was a brick wall, let it become a dam to unleash your power
Nothing can hold you back—not your childhood, not the history of a lifetime. If the past was a ring of futility, let it become a wheel of yearning that drives you forward. If it was a brick wall, let it become a dam to unleash your power
It is written, "You shall love the L-rd your G-d" (Deuteronomy 5:5). That means, G-d's name should be loved through you. That is to say, if a person reads the scripture, studies the Mishnah and attends on Torah scholars, and his dealings with the world are proper, what do people then say of him? Fortunate is his father, who taught him Torah! Fortunate is his teacher, who has taught him Torah! Behold one who has learned Torah, how beautiful are his ways, how just his deeds! ... But if one has learned Torah and served the scholars, but is in his dealings not honest and speaks with people not gently, then what do people say about him? Woe to his father, who has taught him Torah! Woe to his teacher, who has instructed him in Torah! See the one who has learned Torah -- how evil are his ways...
— Talmud, Yoma 86a
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The sound of the shofar
is not the cry of a human voice.
It is the howl of an animal’s horn.
It is a cry so primal, so raw,
that the mind ceases to ponder,
the heart suspends its throb.
With the fury of a beast pent up in its cage,
the naked essence of the soul bursts out,
howling, ripping through heaven’s c...
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