What We Leave Behind

Commenting on Psalm 121:5, the Baal Shem Tov taught, “The Eternal is your shadow (tzel)” is explained, “Just as a shadow (tzel) does everything that a person does, so the Creator, blessed be, does, so to speak, everything that a person does.” (cited in Kedushat ha-Levi, Naso). – Rabbi Michael Bernstein

Every act we do, every word we utter becomes part of our permanent legacy, a shadow of our selves.