There is the belief among rabbis that by performing mitzvot, one would be actively participating in Tikkun Olam (crafting a better world). With this in mind, it is difficult for any person to do all the 613 mitzvot all of the time. Therefore many rabbis specialized in mitzvot and made this their forte. There is the passage in the Torah which states that you must help your neighbor's afflicted animal. Taking this portion a rabbi long ago, used to travel around and look for animals in distress, just to help them.
“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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