Mother of Two Rabbis
Wife of One
She could not write
She could not read
Still so devout, she
Her morning reciting
So intense
Radiance
Rested in the room
Where she prayed
All day long
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| Meresh Lipmann Mother of Two Rabbis Wife of One She could not write She could not read Still so devout, she Her morning reciting So intense Radiance Rested in the room Where she prayed All day long |
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| Adapted from a saying by Reb Zushya, the brother of The Ascetic Saint, Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk, with respect to their mother, Meresh Lipmann. See Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of the Hasidic Masters by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, p. 55. | ||||||
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