Fearless

By Tzvi Freeman

"G‑d said to Jacob: I am the G‑d of your fathers. Do not fear descending to Egypt . . ." (Genesis 46:3)

The pain is real. The fear is not.

The pain is real, because we are not in our true place. Nothing is in its true place. It is called exile.

The fear is not real, because no matter where we are, our G‑d is still with us.

The only thing we have to fear is that we may no longer feel the pain. For it is that pain of knowing we are in the wrong place that lifts us higher, beyond this place.

Likkutei Sichot, vol. 30, p. 234.

By Tzvi Freeman

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. Subscribe and get your dose daily. To order Rabbi Freeman's latest book, Wisdom to Heal the Earth, click here.

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