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The Need for Love

An orphaned girl, shunted from one agency to another, was found depositing letters in various secret corners. These letters, it was discovered, all had the same text: “To anyone who finds this letter, I LOVE YOU.” Like this tortured child, the world is dying from lack of love; it is starving for compassion. Either we love or we perish collectively.  – Rabbi Hayim Kieval

Real Chutzpah

Life can be frighteningly serious and if taken too seriously can be unhealthy.   The definition of chutzpah is the child who murders his parents and then pleads leniency in court on the grounds that he is an orphan.