Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
BAAL SHEM TOVIf the Bible didn’t show us the weaknesses, the vulnerabilities, the sins of our heroes, we might have deep questions about their true virtue.
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The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
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He who is full of joy is full of love.
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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.
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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People should allow themselves the opportunity to really know what the unity of God means. To grasp a part of the nondivisible union is to grasp the whole.
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The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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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.
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Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
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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.
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I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn his own guilt and repent; for what is shown to him is also within him.
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