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By Tzvi Freeman
Why not remain broken? When broken, you can achieve the highest heights. When you are nothing, you can receive everything.
Because you are not made only to receive. You must also face the real world and challenge its chutzpah over and over. To do that, you need supreme wholeness, as though you were Adam in the Garden before his fall.
And if you should say, “But it is impossible! It is beyond the capacity of a created being to be both something and nothing at once.”
You are right. It is impossible. That is precisely the advantage of the human being. That is why G‑d created you: To join heaven and earth, Nothingness and Being. To make the impossible a reality.
By Tzvi Freeman
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. Subscribe and get your dose daily. Or order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
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---Dear Friend,
"My son suffered a debilitating stroke and is living in a nursing home so he can get better care than I can give him on my own. He receives your teachings daily and it brings him much joy! Thank you for being his source for learning and inspiration."
"I am an 11 year old student who didn't understand any Jewish books, now here I am on chapter two of Pirkei Avot. Thank you!"
"I am about to light my Shabbat candles on time, once again, thanks to Chabad.org. I am in Greece now, by chance, and no matter where I am on the planet, I know that I can always fulfill this Mitzvah because of Chabad.org. Thank you for connecting the Jewish people in this vital way."
"Our family lost our beloved father and husband very recently and our grief has caused emotions to run high. Just as we reached the end of our rope about how to handle a family member who's been acting out, I came across this timely article on Chabad.org and it opened a path of light before me! I plan to share it with my family. Thank you for your help."
"Thank you for the Daily Dose emails. They are very inspiring and help me in my battle with cancer."
"I am on a mountain biking trip in the Pyrenees and knew I would be unable to go to a synagogue on Yom Kippur this year for the first time in over 50 years. [The rabbi] was quick to respond to my call for help and sent me this link containing all that I'll need to make it despite being alone. Thank you! It's exactly what I was seeking."
These notes provide a random snapshot of our Inbox, which overflows daily with countless requests for help, along with many letters of gratitude.
Each request is fulfilled by you, and every thank you we receive is directed to you.
How so?
Because YOU enable our Ask the Rabbi team to be available at all hours of the day and night to answer questions from users young and old, our writers to continue to produce relevant and inspiring content, our programmers to develop cutting edge apps, our news editors to cover breaking stories in a timely fashion, our cooking community to create more delectable kosher recipes, our multimedia producers to give our children a fun and engaging taste of Judaism, and so much more!
YOU are touching many, many lives!
To keep all your hard work going – and to propel its expansion! – please would you contribute generously online to our year-end appeal?
If you'd like to express your partnership by sending a check you can do so here:
Chabad.ORG
770 Eastern Parkway, Suite 405
Brooklyn, New York 11213, United States
Perhaps you'd like to have a conversation about sponsorship opportunities? Or you'd like to direct a legacy gift to Chabad.org? Or explore other modes of partnership that could have broad impact? If so, please press 'reply' so we can set up a time to talk.
Also, may we suggest that you encourage your friends to join, too, by forwarding this email to them along with your personal recommendation? We are certain that there is no other cause that, dollar for dollar, achieves such far-reaching impact.
And, of course, please keep coming back enjoy the vast website offerings. After all, isn't that the whole point of all this to begin with...? :)
We look forward to sharing plenty more from our – YOUR! – inbox this year, hopefully in the best of health and circumstances among all who seek help or share their gratitude with us.
May G-d bless you and all yours always!
Sincerely,
The Chabad.org Team
P.S. You can affect many, many thousands of lives with your year-end gift. Please partner with us!
P.P.S. We'd love to hear from you! Let us know how Chabad.org has affected your life here.
P.P.P.S. A reminder, in case you need: These great works of biography about the Rebbe, of righteous memory, make wonderful gifts for people of all walks of life: NY Times bestselling Rebbe, by Joseph Telushkin and My Rebbe, by Adin Even Israel (Steinsaltz).
Chabad.org Daily "DAILY DOSE: Broken & Whole"
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This email is dedicated in honor of Lou and Claire D'Angelo with love from their grandchilden Lia Bella and David Zvi Sarlui.
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By Tzvi Freeman
The broken shards of the first tablets are stored in the ark together with the whole ones.—Talmud Bava Batra 14b.
When you find the Infinite, where will you put it?
In your broken vessel?
It will not stay.
In a new whole one?
It will not fit.
Let the heart be broken in bitterness for its confines. Let it be whole in the joy of a boundless soul.
This is the secret that the human being holds over the angels: Only the human heart can be broken and whole at once.
By Tzvi Freeman
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. Subscribe and get your dose daily. Or order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
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