A baby enters the world with hands clenched, as if to say, “The world is mine; I shall grab it.” A man leaves with hands open, as if to say, “I can take nothing with me.”
—Ecclesiastes Rabbah 5:14
Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on MJL.
A baby enters the world with hands clenched, as if to say, “The world is mine; I shall grab it.” A man leaves with hands open, as if to say, “I can take nothing with me.”
—Ecclesiastes Rabbah 5:14
Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on MJL.
How mindfulness can deepen your Shabbat experience — and vice versa
The haroset paste eaten at the Passover Seder recalls the mortar the Israelite slaves used to build in Egypt. So why is it so sweet?
Jewish sources are conflicted about what happens after we die.