Dear Friend,
With barely a couple days of preparation left till the new year, and with strife and disunity prevalent worldwide, a 'novel' idea:
Regardless of how we've been treated by others – or how we've treated them; regardless of what we hold of others' views – or what they hold of ours; irrespective of the many other modes of repentance we must each engage in now, let us each take a few minutes to bless everyone we know in advance of the new year.
The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, spoke passionately about the transformative effect the simple act of blessing one another has on our interpersonal relations, and on the entire universe. Our heartfelt blessings to each other have the power to elicit from G-d His deepest blessings to each of us individually, to all of us as one, and to the entirety of our universe. As Maimonides writes, one good deed has the potential to tip the balance of the entire world in the favor of merit and goodness!
Boy, could our world use it now. Let's forge ahead and bring great blessing!
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