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God's Work

“A student of Rabbi Eliyahu Dushnitzer relates that once while walking with his teacher, the two became involved in a deep discussion. At one point they stopped walking and stood in the same spot for a long time.  Without realizing what he had done, the student tore off a leaf from a nearby tree. Rabbi Dushnitzer grabbed his hand and censured him, “What did you do?  Even if the value of what you took is less than one “prutah” it is considered stealing.” - Mordecai Katz Nature is our responsibility to live in, appreciate and use, not abuse or take for granted.  That is why we have blessings that we recite when seeing magnificent aspects of nature, God’s work.

Hate

"Why was the Temple destroyed?" "Because of purposeless hatred among the people. "  -Yoma 9b Hate cannot create.  It has only one aim: to destroy.  Hatred destroyed in two ways: 1. It devours the object. 2. It consumes the subject.

Of Altars and Iron

"Iron abridges life, While the altar prolongs it. Iron causes destruction, And it causes misery and suffering and sadness. But the altar? The holy altar leads to reconciliation between the Almighty Lord God and man.”   -Michael J. Katz Anything can be used to tear down or build up.  Anything.

Being Uncomfortable

Oppenheimer declared when the first atomic bomb detonated, “I have become Death, the Destroyer of worlds.” Evil must be fought and as long as we are made uncomfortable by that prospect, we have a chance.

Destroy

"Like the generation of the revolutionary dead, we have to destroy to create." --Alvin Toffler Think. Is this always true? Is this ever true?  Sometimes?