The Kelmer Maggid interpreted a quotation from Psalms for his followers:
“Oh Lord! Break the teeth of the those who practice evil!”
“Why the teeth?” asked the Maggid.
"When a sinner dies and enters into the next universe, he arrives clean shaven. Immediately he is asked, “Sinner, where is your beard?”
“I was born without a beard,” he replies.
“You were also born without teeth, still you have them with you here.”
“So,” said the Maggid, “They knock his teeth out.”
We never just love for this day. We live for tomorrow. We live for next week. We live for the next life. It is not just this moment that we consider.
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