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When it came to the Menorah in the Holy Temple, the commandment was to light it anew
every day; and to light it, as Rashi says, “until the flame could rise up on its own.”
When G-d commanded Moses to count the Jews, the “greatest” among them counted as one,
and the “simplest” among them counted as one. Every Jew is an equal son or daughter of G-d
Himself, and is belov...
When a person is uprooted from his habitual environment... there come to light certain traits of his inner character as they are in their purity, undistorted by the expectations of society. Often, these traits reveal the hidden good in this person, of which perhaps even he himself had been unaware, because they were hidden under the layers of “manners” and social conventions. Fortunate is the person who does not allow these traits to disappear when he subsequently settles down and finds tranquility.
— From a 1944 letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, recalling his days as a refugee in Vichy France