"I Haven't Had The Time"
Excerpt from The Empty Chair:
From his window facing the marketplace Rebbe Nachman spotted one of his followers rushing by.
"Have you looked up at the sky this morning?" the Rebbe asked.
"No, Rebbe, I haven't had the time."
"Believe me, in fifty years everything you see here today will be gone. There will be another fair--with other horses, other wagons, different people. I won't be here then and neither will you. So what's so important that you don't have time to look at the sky?!"
2 Comments:
I love that passage. It's at the beginning, right?
Interestingly, Rav SR Hirsch, oddly, was once asked why he was taking a trip to the Swiss Alps. He replied, when I died I will be able have an answer when Hashem ask me if I saw the Alps that he created.
Great post.
Neil: Yes, at the beginning. Thank you for sharing the Rav Hirsh saying as well.
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