New Year's pictures to follow once I learn how to resize...
I know that a lot of us write often of how we try to refrain from using "I" or "me" too much
& in my latest book by Elie Wiesel (one of the most amazing story tellers) called
The Time of the Uprooted
there is a passage that caught my eye & I wanted to post it for you.
"...He showed Gamaliel the passage in the Midrash where it is written that the Ten Commandements were pronounced by Moses rather than by God. God only spoke the first word. Anokhi. "I" One evening, Rebbe Zusya looked deep into Gamaliel's eyes and explained, "God alone may use that word; God alone understands its fearful power. That's the sin of pride that comes from idolatry: man putting his own "I" in the place of the Creator's.
& in my latest book by Elie Wiesel (one of the most amazing story tellers) called
The Time of the Uprooted
there is a passage that caught my eye & I wanted to post it for you.
"...He showed Gamaliel the passage in the Midrash where it is written that the Ten Commandements were pronounced by Moses rather than by God. God only spoke the first word. Anokhi. "I" One evening, Rebbe Zusya looked deep into Gamaliel's eyes and explained, "God alone may use that word; God alone understands its fearful power. That's the sin of pride that comes from idolatry: man putting his own "I" in the place of the Creator's.