This journal is mostly public because most of it contains poetry, quotations, pictures, jokes, videos, and news (medical and otherwise). If you like what you see, you are welcome to drop by, anytime. I update frequently.
What?! Really! 'the world did not begin with me -- oh dear...I'm going to have to revise quite a few things now :-p ha, ha... thanks for the quote. very true.
It is a story told about Chofetz Chaim (that wasn't his actual name, but a name by which everyone knew him; it means 'he who loves life' in Hebrew).
A man came from another city to consult him, as many did, and, noting the practically empty room in which he and others seeking advice were received--the room held nothing but a table, a chair, and a bookshelf--asked in surprise,
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A man came from another city to consult him, as many did, and, noting the practically empty room in which he and others seeking advice were received--the room held nothing but a table, a chair, and a bookshelf--asked in surprise,
"Rebbe, where is your furniture?!"
"Where is yours?" was the response.
"But I am only passing through."
"So am I."
Thank you:-)