Hmm. What to discuss today? Should I tell you about my friends? Or my close relatives? Or my children and grandchildren?
Or, maybe, since it’s been just four weeks since it was Rosh Chodesh Elul, the Hebrew birthday of my daughter and the anniversary of my mother’s death, plus the fact Elul began the 40 days of introspection, of preparing ourselves for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur, should I discuss that?
Nope. Today is MY birthday. So, I will discuss three simple matters.
Since I was a very young boy, I loved this one song (a ditty, really)- (אם אין אני לי…מי לי?) Im Eyn Ani Li, Mi Li…
It turns out that this song has been the bywords of my life.
The song is really comprised of the teachings of Rav Hillel, one of our esteemed leaders. As a matter of fact, it’s pretty clear that Rav Hillel must have met another famous guy, Jesus of Nazareth, since Jesus’ concept of “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is actually the thoughts of Hillel. (What exactly did Rav Hillel say? When a ruler demanded he be told the essence of Judaism while standing on one foot- he rejoindered, “That which is hateful to you do not do to another; that is the entire Tora, and the rest is its interpretation”.)
As I said, those words from Rav Hillel became one of the key phrases of my life…
Be for yourself, but not only for yourself. And, get things done- now. No excuses.
I also taught this to my children. And, given what’s going on in America (and the world), it would do all of us some good to adopt this philosophy of life. We need to take issues to the fore- but remember that there are others whose considerations must also be included. And, there is no time like now to get things done. This is the essence of my being- to make this world a better place, each and every day.
There’s another song that is the soundtrack of my life, one I learned when I had the opportunity to go to college as a very young boy- back then it was a community college, the Agricultural College at Farmingdale. Back then, Long Island really did have a slew of farms. Now, this college is a full-fledged university, SUNY [State University of New York] at Farmingdale.
The goal of this program was to teach us that we could do anything we wanted- as long as we worked out a plan. Amazingly, this same song – High Hopes- became the theme song for my revered Phillies, when they went from last place to the World Series in 1993.
Oh, yeah. I have been honored yet again by Who’s Who. After some 35 years among Who’s Who in the World, I am an Albert Nelson Marquis Honoree.
Rosh Hashana ended last night. There’s barely enough time to get ready for Yom Kipur. Make those resolutions and resolve to be a better you over this coming year.
Happy birthday! You, sir, are a mensch.
Honored by your sentiments, Marian! Have a blessed day.
If only everyone could live up to that kind of mission statement, our world would no longer be mired in everything we are experiencing right now. Happy birthday to you.
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