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Of Bagels and GratefulnessWisdom from the hole of a bagel: Start with the knowledge that you are nothing and your bread will always satisfy. |
The Kabbalah of Making MoneyMeditation, prayer, mindful eating—those are good. But nothing beats the spiritual transformation that can be accomplished by doing business like a mentch. |
For All He Made in WisdomThey passed by a carcass rotting by the side of the road and one of the men exclaimed, “What a stench this carcass makes!” Upon which the pious man commented, “It has fine white teeth.”
Meaning, “Why are you speaking of its ugliness? Contemplate that there is something to praise about it!” |
Why Spend a Semester in Yeshiva?My Chabad rabbi has been bugging me to take off one semester to study in a yeshiva “some time before graduate school.” It’s still not clear to me what this yeshiva place is all about, and definitely not clear why I should take off in the middle of my studies to go there. |
Make Wine, Not WhineThe harder your roots have to work to get to the water, the more intense will be the taste of your wine. |
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