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| Cleaning Up | 
Everyone has his share of “not good.” It’s impossible that a physical being should be void of faults. The point is not to flee or hide from them. Nor is it to resign yourself to it all.
It is to face up to the fact that they are there, and to systematically chase them away.
Recognizing who you are and gradually cleaning up your act --it may look ugly, but it is a divine path.
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freemani's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
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Freedom of choice has been granted to every man: if he desires to turn toward a good path and be righteous, the ability to do so is in his hands; and if he desires to turn toward an evil path and be wicked, the ability to do so is in his hands...
This is a fundamental principle and a pillar of the Torah and its commandments. For if G-d were to decree that a person be righteous or wicked; of if there were to exist something in the very essence of a person's nature which would compel him toward a specific path, a specific conviction, a specific character trait or a specific deed... how could G-d command us through the prophets 'do this' and 'do not do that'...? What place would the entire Torah have? And by what measure of justice would G-d punish the wicked and reward the righteous? — Mishneh Torah, Laws of Repentance 5:1-3 |
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Parshah
Nitzavim-Vayelech
This short, 70-verse reading includes some of the most fundamental principles of the Jewish faith: The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice... Also: The last day of Moses' life, the Torah is put in writing, the power of community, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise
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