A fox was once walking alongside a river and observed fishes swarming. He said to them, “From what are you fleeing?” They answered, “From the nets cast for us by men.” The fox said to them, “Come up on dry land so that you and I can live together in the way that our ancestors lived with each other.”
They replied, “And you are called the most clever of all animals?? You are foolish. If we are afraid in the element in which we live, how much more so in a foreign place.
This was Rabbi Akiva’s response to a colleague when he placed himself in danger for teaching Torah. -berachot 61b
This was Rabbi Akiva’s response to a colleague when he placed himself in danger for teaching Torah. -berachot 61b
Torah is our "water," our element, our home.
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