WISDOM
When the Egyptian hosts were
drowning in the Red Sea, the angels
in Heaven were about to break out in
songs of jubilation. But the Holy One,
blessed be He, silenced them with the
words: ‘My creatures are perishing,
and ye are ready to sing! Talmud
You can be in exile in your own house when you
realise you are not really at home. Rabbi Aryeh Leib
All of the comforts of exile are nothing but a
diversion to make us forget that we are indeed exiled.
Rabbi David of Sochatchov
This is how one must rule over one’s moral qualities: to learn to be
proud – and not be proud. To learn how to be angry – and not be
angry. To learn how to speak – and to remain quiet. To learn how to
be quiet – and to speak. Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezritch
We humans chase over the world to find things: we
climb high mountains, we descend to the nethermost
depths of the sea, we trek to the wilderness and to the
desert. There is one place where we neglect to search
– our heart. But it is the &RvRv