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For Dale It was said of Reb Simcha Bunim that he carried two slips of paper, one in each pocket. On one he wrote: Bishvili nivra ha-olam -- "for my sake the world was created." On the other he wrote:...
Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Do you ever fool yourself? The answer is likely yes because we all do. Every time you something wrong and find a circuitous argument to justify your behavior, you fool yourself. The Torah forbids defrauding others in business. When you sell or buy from your fellow, do not wrong him. If we know...
rebbe lit the medurah, and everybody burst into singing and dancing. I'm sobbing now, remembering those last happy moments. After 20 minutes or so, I heard them calling "Hatzalah!" That’s a regular occurrence in this crowded space, and after a moment the music and signing and dancing resumed. But then it was "Hatzalah!" again, directing Hatzalah to the exact place where they were needed. Now I was curious, but I was also hungry, and went to eat something. I came back half an hour later... only to find that they were already counting bodies, 15 by then, and more by the moment.