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“Can a man be a Tzaddik Ha-Dor but live hidden from himself and
Michael Chabon • The Yiddish Policemen's Union
When you judge someone favorably, the Hasidic master Rebbe Nahman of Bratzlav (1772–1810) teaches, you elevate them and bring out the best that they are capable of being.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
In an age of death and destruction, Rabbi Yohanan taught that a fundamental religious response was to increase loving-kindness and multiply life itself.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
he pauses and asks how this person is and as he talks he quietly places a few coins in some inconspicuous place. But when the meeting ends he always says, “Shmuel, you are a man who bears misfortune with dignity. You must know God better than I do. Give me on this happy Friday your blessing,” and he makes the man feel that it is he who is doing the
... See moreJames A. Michener • The Source: A Novel
A mere human, Rabbah has persuaded God to be more compassionate. Back
Daniel C. Matt • Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Jewish Lives)
David Wolpe • The God Who Dwells in Doubt | SAPIR Journal
Our sages say that a person's livelihood is a greater miracle than the splitting of the Red Sea (Pesachim 118a).
Lazer Brody • Bitachon: A Practical Guide to Trust in God
Rabbi Zusya, when he was an old man, said, "In the coming world, they will not ask me: `Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: Why were you not Zusya?"'=
Parker J. Palmer • Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
May my soul be calm, may my soul be content.