The following is attributed to Charles Schulz, creator of the 'Peanuts' comics. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder on them. Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point. 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. 3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America pageant. 4 Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. 5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress. 6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners. How did you do? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies... Awards tarnish... Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners. Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one: 1. List a few teachers who aided your...
A legend tells when the emperor Hadrian boasted that he was greater than Moses. After all, Moses is dead while Hadrian was alive. Rabbi Joshua thought and asked Hadrian to prohibit anyone in the empire from lighting a fire for three days. Hadrian agrees, but that evening they see smoke rising in the distance. A sick Roman official needs hot water. Rabbi Joshua has made his point: Hadrian cannot enforce his own command even for one night while still alive , while Moses prohibited Jews from lighting fire on Shabbat centuries earlier and they still obey him. What makes us who we are is both our lineage and fidelity to an eternal faith.