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5782 (2021-2022)
Old age is a virtue and a blessing...It is true that a 20-year-old can dance the night away while his grandmother tires after a few minutes. But man was not created to dance for hours on end. Man was created to make life on earth purer, brighter and holier than it was before he came on the scene... In this regard, a person's value and productivity only increases with age... The institution of "retirement", which pushes millions of men and women to the sidelines of society each year, is a tragic waste of human life and resources.
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine
What can we learn from the cycle of the moon, how she ever waxes and wanes and waxes again?
That a time of smallness is a crucial phase in achieving greatness;
And a time of greatness is a crucial time to make yourself small.
For in smallness lies the power to receive
and in receiving lies the power to become...
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