Category: Rabbi Malchah Netanyahu

Our lives are punctuated by one simple thing, noise. Life begins with the
clattering noise of monitors and talking in the delivery room. Life ends with the
abrasive, resounding, definitive thudding sound, unlike any other, that we
encounter as mounds of dirt are thrown onto the caskets. It is no longer from dust
thou art but “from noise thou art to noise thou shall return!1
I am yearning for
silence!

There are many things and people that one may consider beautiful. Some
people would say that the Somali model Iman, actor Haile Berry or the sight of an
African bride adorned for her husband are quite beautiful. Still others may cast
their vote for the majestic heights of Mount Kilimanjaro, the sweeping beauty of
the Swiss Alps on a pristine winter day or the majesty of the many life forms and
foliage of the Costa Rican rainforest. My personal list would include…

How does your day begin? Do you hit the alarm snooze button or roll over one
more time? The important codification of law, (רוּךָע ןָח ְלׁ ֻש (the Shulchan Aruch,
opens with this: “בבוקר לעמוד כארי יתגבר “one should strengthen herself like a lion to
get up in the morning.”

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