<html><head><title>[Aspaqlaria] Seiver Panim Yafos</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /></head><body>Aspaqlaria has posted a new item, '<a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/4442">Seiver Panim Yafos</a>'<br />
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<div dir="rtl">שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר, עֲשֵׂה תוֹרָתְךָ קֶבַע. אֱמוֹר מְעַט וַעֲשֵׂה הַרְבֵּה, וֶהֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת:</div>
<p>Shammai would say:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Make your Torah a fixture [of your day].</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Speak little and do much.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">And be accepting of all people with a pleasant facial expression.</p>
<div style="padding-left: 210px;">- Pirqei Avos 1:15</div>
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<p>Rav Yisrael Salanter says that we do not own the right to walk around with a grumpy expression. A smile is infectious, and therefore our smiles are not entirely our own, they impact the mood of everyone in our environment.</p>
<p>23 years ago, on the first day of <em>chol hamo’ed Sukkos</em>, Siggy gave birth to a little girl we named “Aliza Kayla”, for two beloved great-aunts.</p>
<p>The typical infant (if there were such a thing) learns to smile socially at around 6 to 8 weeks.</p>
<p>23 years ago, today, the 4th of Teves, I had a hard day at work, and my day was ending early. Siggy was putting Kayli to sleep, but I asked to hold her first and say good night. And as I played with her, I smiled and Kayli smiled back to me. For the first time.</p>
<p>Kayli never woke up that night. It seemed to me her soul might have been brought down to earth just to learn how to share a smile.</p>
<p>So how could I be stingy with mine?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">עליזה קיילא בת מיכה שמואל<br />
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