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Devorah merited being mourned after her passing. She came to religious
observance under the guidance of the Avot and had a living guide to
perfection.
The laundryman who jumped to his death after the passing of Rebbe was
awarded Olam Haba. The Heavenly Court agreed to his appraisal that
without his precious teacher, he would not have remained religious. Our
job is to translate the influence of our teachers into action and persist in
our quest for greatness, even after they pass away.
“Yosef’s brothers perceived that their father was
dead, and they said, ‘Perhaps Yosef will nurse
hatred against us and then he will surely repay
us all the evil that we did him’”
(Bereishit 50:15)
