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Every day, an echo resounds from Mount Horeb (Sinai) and proclaims:
``Woe to those who insult the Torah...''
Ethics of the Fathers, 6:2
Asked Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov: Have you ever met someone who told you that
he hears this echo? To what purpose, then, is this proclamation if no one hears
it?
But often a person is seized by a feeling that has no identifiable source or
cause. He may be struck by a sudden joy, or fear, or regret. He may suddenly
resolve to better himself, to rectify a deficient past and turn a new leaf in
his life. He may be suddenly driven to embark on a new initiative in his spiritual
development. From where do these unprovoked awakenings come?
Every day, an echo resounds from Mount Horeb.
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