DAILY DOSE: Not By Choice

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Not By Choice
Nissan 18, 5771 · April 22, 2011
By Tzvi Freeman

We are not Jews by choice. We are not circumcised by choice-they do it to us before we can be asked. Neither did anyone ask us if we would like to be obligated in all these mitzvahs-not since Mount Sinai. Even the one who joins us does so because something propels him from inside.

If we were Jews because our minds and hearts told us so, then our Judaism would take us only as far as our minds and hearts can know. But we are not. And so, our journey is on eagle's wings and our destiny beyond the stars.




By Tzvi Freeman

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here. Rabbi Freeman is available for public speaking and workshops. Read more on his bio page.
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