Nonexistent Free Time
I have been working diligently on my new project over the past two weeks since the time of my last posting. Even though I am waking up an hour and half before going to work each morning, I have found that I still don’t have as much time as I would like to. I devote the first hour to my daily learning seder and the last half hour to working on this project. While occasionally I am able to find small amounts of “free time” here and there throughout the course of the day, for the most part I am limited to just 30 minutes a day.
Yesterday, I was zoche to speak with Rabbi Tal Zwecker on the phone for the first time. In the course of our conversation, Rabbi Zwecker related to me how he had completed his translation of Noam Elimelech in his "nonexistent free time". Hearing this was a tremendous chizuk to me and also a reminder of the words of the Piaceszna Rebbe:
If you are willing to exert yourself, you will find storehouses of hidden time.
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That is a very powerful quote from the Piaceszna. Thank you and hatzlacha.
where is that quote from?
thanks
p.s.cant wait to hear about the project, i check everyday to see if there is an update.
If I remember correctly the quote is from Tzav V'Ziruz.
The project that I am working on is a book project; an anthology of collected pieces from Chassidishe seforim that I am translating and writing elucidations to.
Lots of Hatzlocha on this project! As a devoted reader of asimplejew, I'm greatly looking forward to this.
Do you have a specific theme or organizing principle that pulls together all the selected pieces?
B'Hatzlacha!
reminds me of what a rebbe of mine said: If you don't have time, make the time! :)
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