[Avodah] Ki Sissa

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31:16-17  V'shomru...  The Children of Israel shall observe the Sabbath...it is a sign forever that in six days 
God made the heaven and the earth and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed...
 
The six days of Creation remind us that we were created for this world.  
But the Sabbath reminds us that the world was created for us.  
Each day is a step closer to the ultimate realization of life's profound meaning.

The Talmud says that before Adam sinned, his radiance was like the radiance of God, 
but after he sinned, his radiance became darkened. This is why there is the obligation
of lighting the Shabbos candles. The sin of Adam and Eve extinguished the light of the world
and lighting the Shabbos candles symbolically rekindles the light of the world for at least a day.


Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. 
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. 
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Anonymous

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