<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><u style="font-size: 22px;" class="">Two Faces of Love</u><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 19px;" class="">Twice a day the Jew gives expression to one of the most potent forces <br class="">in social life — LOVE. In the morning we plead for ahavah rabbah,<br class="">abundance of love, for in the morning we want love to expand and grow<br class="">throughout the day. In the evening, however, when darkness descends<br class="">upon us, we pray again for love, but not in quantitative terms. Instead we<br class="">plead for ahavat olam — enduring and eternal love. In the dark night love<br class="">does not grow; it deepens.</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><u class="">Two Philosophies of LIfe</u><br class=""></span><span style="font-size: 19px;" class=""><br class="">Sarah advised her husband to cast out Ishmael, when she saw he was<br class="">“Miitzachaik” and she feared he would be an evil influence on his brother<br class="">“Yitzchok.” Interestingly, both “Miitzachaik” and “Yitzchok” have a common<br class="">root, meaning to laugh or to play. What is the disparity?<br class=""><br class="">The difference is compelling: “Mitzachaik” is in the present tense and <br class="">“Yitzchok” is in the future tense. Sarah realized that Ismael’s philosophy of <br class="">life was all about the here and now, immediate gratification and getting as<br class="">much pleasure out of life with no concern about the future. <br class=""><br class="">Conversely, she saw that Yitzchok’s philosophy of life was to live life spiritually, <br class="">delaying immediate gratification and living his life in a way that would provide genuine<br class="">happiness and enjoyment in the future.</span><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><i class=""><b class="">The future depends on what we do in the present.</b></i><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">Mahatma Gandhi</b></span></body></html>