23 December 2024 · A sentence from the teachings of Rav Kook

Never Stop Dreaming

„The anticipation of salvation purifies life, broadens the mind, and refines the spirit.”From Shemonah Kevatzim VII, 219

When we look back at the days of our ancestors in the darkness of exile, and ask how they survived – the answer is that the survivors believed. They anticipated the good, they knew that it would surely come, and the anticipation gave them strength. And the strength is not only from the moment salvation arrives, but from the very fact that it exists. That things can be better, and by that strength we become better even in the difficult moment. And the more we succeed in anticipating salvation, the more we will succeed in living a life that is good, broad, and more pleasant.

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