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on the 48 skills necessary to acquire Torah, listed in Avos 6:6. I was given
the task of writing today’s — day 5, <em>eimah</em> (fear). My
guess is because no one else wanted to touch a <em>middah</em> so far from the
warm fuzzies. Here’s the email:</p>
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<h1><strong>Counting the Omer with <span id="sponsor">Michelle Princenthal
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<h1>Day 5 — Fear</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: 32px;"><strong><em>Eima</em></strong></span></p>
<p>By Rabbi Micha Berger, Passaic, New Jersey</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to G-d, numerous doctors, nurses,
technicians, researchers, etc… I am now in my 14th year in remission
from lymphoma. I still have to go to periodic follow-up hospital appointments,
to keep an eye out for a possible relapse. On one of the first such visits, I
needed to use the restroom afterwards. The facilities in the hematology unit
were unavailable, so I went one flight down and found the restrooms in
pediatrics. But in front of them, I found the following scene:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There stood two women, standing over a card
with the words of <em>Asher Yatzar</em> — the blessing thanking G-d for our
continued health, which is traditionally recited after using the restroom.
One, clearly a Chasssidic woman, in her heavy wool suit, wig, and hat perched
atop wig; even in 1955 they would have considered her dressed conservatively.
The other appeared to be a Sephardic woman, dressed as may be in fashion in
many circles in Israel, tight pants, low-cut blouse, large very Middle Eastern
jewelry. Saying each word slowly, one by one, — “<em>who Created the human
with Wisdom, and made in a person openings and hollows. And if but one were to
open, or but one were to be blocked, we would be unable to persist or stand
before You…</em>” Two women who would likely have never met, had each
not had reason to be in a pediatric oncology unit. And there they stood, each
in their very different accents, tears in their eyes. Thanking and yet also
beseeching G-d together for the gift of health. Words from parent to
Parent.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Unable to control my own tears (in fact, I am
crying now just retelling the story), I rushed into the restroom. When I
emerged, they were gone.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I thought on the way home: How wonderful it
would be to be able to pray with such fervor without needing such a situation!
But how much more difficult!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Properly harnessed, fear forces us to not
waste time on the incidentals. To focus on what truly matters. Fear
motivates.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is why <em>Eimah</em>, Fear, is the 5th
step in the rabbis’ path to acquiring wisdom. This is why, despite all its
unpleasantness, G-d placed fear in our world.</p>
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