Jewish Life Digital Edition March 2015 | Page 33

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