19 Sivan 5783 – 8 June 2023
A baby enters the world with hands clenched, as if to say: The world is mine and I shall grab it. A man leaves this world with his hands open, as if to say: I can take nothing material from this world with me.
R’ Meir in Ecclesisastes Rabbah 5:14
By Rabbi Michael Skobac
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