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Our daughter Goldy asked an interesting Channuka question the other day.
"Why is it that you're supposed to have enough oil (or wax) to burn for at least half an hour, but if they go out before that, you don't need to relight them?"
Good question.
So what was Goldy's answer?
"It's to teach us that when it comes to spirituality, it's the effort that counts. You cannot control the outcome, but you have to make the effort. That's all that matters in Shamayim."
One of the other kids at the table said, "Too bad they don't grade you in school based on your effort!"
It seems to me there is a great Table Talk in Goldy's Dvar Torah.
Think of how many things in life are measured by the outcome, not the effort.
It's hard to think of anything that is measured by the effort.
When is the reward ever according to the effort?
Happy Hannuka and Shabbat Shalom.
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"Why is it that you're supposed to have enough oil (or wax) to burn for at least half an hour, but if they go out before that, you don't need to relight them?"
Good question.
So what was Goldy's answer?
"It's to teach us that when it comes to spirituality, it's the effort that counts. You cannot control the outcome, but you have to make the effort. That's all that matters in Shamayim."
One of the other kids at the table said, "Too bad they don't grade you in school based on your effort!"
It seems to me there is a great Table Talk in Goldy's Dvar Torah.
Think of how many things in life are measured by the outcome, not the effort.
It's hard to think of anything that is measured by the effort.
When is the reward ever according to the effort?
Happy Hannuka and Shabbat Shalom.
PS - Although Hannuka is here, it is never too late to click here.
Like this post? How about voting with your finger: Like it, tweet it, or just forward it.
