Do Not Be Daunted

Oct 03, 2017 00:00

I bought an entire book for these two paragraphs, but they are worth much more than I paid:

"Rabbi Tarfon would say:

You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now, Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now."1

Tagged: Prayer Religion

Footnotes

1

Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro, Wisdom of the Jewish Sages: A Modern Reading of Pirke Avot, p. 41.