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As the Day Begins


Prodigious twelfth century scholar Abraham Ibn Ezra produced incredible Torah insights that still provide illumination hundreds of years after his death.   Yet, Ibn Ezra was an unhappy man.  He wrote, “If I sold shrouds no one would die.  And if I sold lamps the sun would shine by night.”    

While we are obliged to keep learning and growing, equally important is our daily attitude. 

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