Fur or Fire?
According to Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotsk, there are two ways to keep warm when you are outside on a cold winter's night - you wear a fur coat, or you build a fire.
Which is better?
Says the Kotsker Rebbe, when you wear a fur coat you warm yourself. Build a fire and you warm up others, as well.
Questions & Thoughts:
So, what do you think? Is the average individual a "fur coat" type of person or a "build a fire" type? If you are really honest with yourself, what type are you? On the spectrum of selfish to selfless, where would you be?
(Note: The Kotsker lived in the days before fiberfill. Fur was the only option. Today, it is not an option. Leave the pelts on the animals, please.)
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