[Avodah] self esteem

[Zev Sero]

On 30/11/2010 2:48 AM, Eli Turkel wrote:

> I wonder if "artscroll" type gedolim stories contribute to this phenomena
> but setting up standards for perfect gedolim that very few can obtain.
> Once in high school most students realize they are not up to the standards
> in these books.
> Perhaps a better model would be the Netziv who was not a child prodigy
> but became a gadol relatively later in life by emphasizing hasmada.

Ein hachi nami, but what do you do if the subject of your biography really
was an illuy?Pretend he wasn't?!

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