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A rabbi
once poured out his heart to the Rizhiner Rebbe (19th century) saying:
"What shall I do? As long as I am studying Torah and commentaries,
I feel myself encompassed by holy light. However as soon as I halt my
studies, I feel chilled and surrounded by darkness. Can I ever make this
light my own?"
The Rizhiner
Rebbe replied, "Whenever you are not occupied with Torah, then occupy
yourself with a mitzvah, then the light will not fail you." He explained,
"The light you feel surrounding you as you study is a light borrowed
from the souls of great scholars. However, a light derived from your performance
of a mitzvah is your own light and it will never fail you."
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Light
is sweet and it is good for the eyes to be able to see the
sun.
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(Ecclesiastes 11:7)
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