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<DIV>In a message dated 9/20/2008 9:12:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
avodah-request@lists.aishdas.org writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>"Your
birthday is the day that Hashem decided that the world couldn't<BR>: go on
without you".<BR><BR><BR>I hadn't heard it besheim RYBS. And I'm surprised
that he would say<BR>it, it doesn't sound like RYBS's style. Too far from
straight Brisk,<BR>even for him, to speak in terms of what Hashem did rather
than how we<BR>should respond.<BR><BR>At my nephew's bar mitzvah, my father
handed out small posters with a<BR>*similar* sentiment by RAYK. (Did I mention
this was in Lakewood?)<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>RYBS,in Al HaTeshuvah IIRC, quoted the idea from Rav Kook
in Olat Rayah, on the tefillah of' 'Elokai ad shelo notzart ieini
kedai.'</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? <A title="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1209382257x1200540686/aol?redir=http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001" href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1209382257x1200540686/aol?redir=http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001" target="_blank">Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>