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Torah is limitless and is therefore immeasurable. Something significant is
not forgotten, like the names of one’s wife and children. Torah should be
paramount in our lives. Therefore, we should never forget it.

A great scientist claims that it is dangerous to live on Earth. But he never
tasted the sweet taste of Torah, so he cannot fathom that “better one
hour… in this world than the entire life of the World to Come.”

I once sat next to a priest on a flight. He sought physical pleasures in a
most shameful way. In contrast, “Who is like Your people, Israel, a unique
nation on earth?!”

“When you are in distress and all these things

How could Hashem deny Moshe the opportunity to enter Eretz Yisrael have befallen you, at the end of days, you will
– is this the reward for all he did in his life? Hashem knew that Moshe return unto Hashem, your G-d, and hearken to
had already reached the summit and had become as perfect as he His voice”
possibly could on this earth. Any additional days of life were liable to (Devarim 4:30)
lower his level.
“One who covers an offense seeks love; but
A person’s life is allotted to him in order to fulfill his mission. Everyone
is capable of achieving their purpose, whether they are given many years one who harps on the matter alienates a ruler
or few. [from himself]”
(Mishlei 17:9)
When his time came, Adam Harishon did not want to die. This was after
he granted seventy years to David Hamelech. When he had originally
conferred these years of life upon David, he did not appreciate their true
value. But after hundreds of years of life in this world, he had acquired
an appreciation for the value of every moment of life. He wanted more of
it, in order to serve Hashem.

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