An interesting insight from the biblical commentator Rabbi Hayyim ibn Attar, a seventeenth century kabbalist from Morocco who settled in Eretz Yisrael. His commentary, Or Hayyim, questions why the Torah stressed the greatness of human wickedness on “earth.” Where else does man behave wickedly, but on “earth”? Or Hayyim responds in a non-literal way. Rabbi Hayyim reminds us that people were created from the dust of earth. -Rabbi Lionel Moses
“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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