Moussia's Bas Mitzvah
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Wishing you a relaxing Shabbos. There is nothing like the deep rest of Shabbos to revitalize a weary soul after a long hard week. My wish for you is to experience this deep rest and get this rejuvenation. Just a couple days before Shavuos, our daughter, Moussia, celebrated her Bas Mitzvah. It’s the day when a “girl becomes a young woman” and we are so proud of her. The theme of the Bas Mitzvah was “Yogati umatzasi Taamin”. The Talmud says: “If someone tells you they tried hard but did not succeed, don’t trust them. If someone tells you they didn’t try but did succeed, don’t trust them. If someone tells you they tried hard and they succeeded, trust them” The Rebbe chose this wise and empowering passage from the Talmud as one of the 12 Torah Verses we drill into our children. (I actually wrote a draft for a children’s book on them, which you can read here .) Moussia personifies this particular verse. Some kids are just “naturally good” at lot’s of stuff. And some kids have to work