Wednesday, July 9, 2008

"The many sides of Torah"


“The sages have been well aware of the many sides of Torah.


Whether it is an elixir of life or an elixir of death depends on whether the person who occupies himself with it is pure in heart and is open to receive what it confers.”


--Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz


From In the Beginning by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, "Elixir of Death" pg. 201