Every Jew is responsible to say one hundred blessings every
day. How do we know this? As the Torah says, “And now Israel what
(mah) does God demand of you?” The
Hebrew word mah is the equivalent of
one hundred. -Menahot 43b
“To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.” John W. Roper Those who get in trouble most often are those cannot seem to keep still, remain silent. Life teaches many lessons. Among the best lessons of life is one my father taught me at an early age was, “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” The contributions we make to life via our mouth are many and varied. Most of the time, I reckon, they are not contributions at all, but things that diminish the richness of life.
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