Sivan 9, 5772 · May 30, 2012 | Editor's Note:
| Dear readers, Once, while out on a brisk walk, someone shouted at me, "Why are you walking? Run!" Run! Run! It sounds good. It will, no doubt, make my daily exercise shorter and more intense. The same could be said for dieting. Drink vegetable shakes for ten days, and you are sure to lose 20 pounds. Starve yourself, and you are sure to lose even more. But the effect would be very short-lived; the diet will not last long, and you will have stopped running after a few days. Yet there is a better way that will have a much greater effect on your life. The goal is to create a sustainable healthy lifestyle, one small change at a time. In life, we need to be actively moving, rising, improving, adding more Torah observance and goodness in our daily lives. After having celebrated G‑d's giving us the Torah at Sinai, we recognize that at this time we need to improve—yet we need to do it the right way. Dovid Zaklikowski,
on behalf of the Chabad.org Editorial Team |
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