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Once when the Yehudi (the Yid of Pshishke) was walking cross-country, he came upon a wagon which had turned over.
“Help me raise it up!” said the driver. The Rabbi tried but he could not budge it.
“I can’t,” he finally said.
The peasant looked at him sternly.  “You can all right,” said he, “but you don’t want to.”
On the evening of that day the Yehudi went to his disciples: “I was told today: We can raise up the Name of God, but we don’t want to.” Martin Buber, Late Masters

Anything is possible if we have the will.  Our problem is there is a part of us that holds back and, as a result, our efforts are not whole.

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