These milestone posts remind me of a powerful dvar mussar I once heard from Rav Moshe Braverman from Yerushalayim.
These milestone posts remind me of a powerful dvar mussar I once heard from Rav Moshe Braverman from Yerushalayim.Two Israeli Jews decide to spend a year in America and to return with a million dollars. They both leave their families and engage in all sorts of business ventures in America, and at the end of the year they each return, having made half-a-million dollars.One man is terribly distraught. He had set his goal at a million, and although half that was nothing to sneeze at, he missed his goal. He is practically inconsolable, upset that he couldn't pull of making a million dollars. His friend, however, is very happy with his windfall. Yes, it was not the million he had hoped for, but it was money he could use to live comfortably for a number of years to come.Asked Rav Braverman - which of these men is a bigger Ohev Kesef? Which one has a greater passion for money?We would naturally assume that the man who was so perturbed has a greater desire for money. No, says Rav Bravermen. He has a crazy desire for a million dollars. It's not the money that he cares about, but the threshold of a million dollars. If he would really love money, he would've been ecstatic with the money he has.The same is true with Torah. We are a generation in which Ohev Torah is lacking. We are Ohev Shas - we love to finish Shas, or finish mesechtos. But really, each word is so precious, and we have to learn to appreciate each word, line, page, etc. It's not just about milestones, but every word along the way.
אֹהֵ֥ב כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לֹא־יִשְׂבַּ֣ע כֶּ֔סֶף וּמִֽי־אֹהֵ֥ב בֶּהָמ֖וֹן לֹ֣א תְבוּאָ֑ה גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃A lover of money never has his fill of money, nor a lover of wealth his fill of income. That too is futile
Liked for the effort to type it out, but how do you reconcile the Rav’s conclusion with an explicit possuk:
Mind explaining the significance of these numbers for non Lubavitchers?
Eleff + taryag
https://twitter.com/Squilled/status/1506327100080467971
it's good to be a Lubavitcher
Awww, but if you link to the second tweet in the thread, it will show the first as well
Is there a thread for Milestone Likes
MT @Dan on 10,000+ likes! Bh the family should be good for the winter
Now we can have an all you can eat kiddush this week at Bais Dovid CLE!Well, also the 15th anniversary of this, https://www.dansdeals.com/more/dans-commentary/personal-messages/shaken-yes-but-thank-g-d-alive/
Thank you to @yuneeq for pushing this lag b'omer milestone over the hump
