For my sake, the entire world was created.
BAAL SHEM TOV
BAAL SHEM TOV
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Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov If the Bible didn’t show us the weaknesses, the vulnerabilities, the sins of our heroes, we might have deep questions about their true virtue.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Everything above and below is one unity.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Fear builds walls to bar the light.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov The world is full of wonders and miracles but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov From every human being there rises a light.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Why? Because every human being has a root in the Unity, and to reject the minutest particle of the Unity is to reject it all.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering – you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
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