Like A Rolling Stone

Mick Jagger and a popular avant-garde magazine turned the expression "rolling stone" into a household word. But, did you ever stop and think about what a rolling stone really signifies?

A person is walking down the street; he sees a white, roundish looking stone in the middle of the street. He has an irresistible urge to kick the stone as he's walking in stride. The stone rolls straight for a few meters, and when our pedestrian catches up to it, he kicks it again. After the third or fourth kick, he ignores the stone altogether, until some other person on foot comes by and kicks the stone. Such is the life of a rolling stone – it gets kicked from person to person and place to place.

What in the world does all this have to do with Shavuot, that's only 9 days away?

Continue reading Like A Rolling Stone in the brand new issue of Breslev Israel Weekly.

Also this week:

Rabbi Shalom Arush: Impressing Others

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach: Only a Yid

Rabbi Pinchas Winston: Light at the Fingertips

Zev Ballen: What Hurts Daddy?

Rivka Levy: Job's Friend

Racheli Reckles: Manufacturer's Instructions

Chaya Ovadia: Beyond Logic

This week's Torah portion is Nassa.

If you really care about yourself, pick up a copy of the brand-new Garden of Gratitude.

If you're out on the road during Memorial Day weekend, please drive safely. Assume that the other driver will do something stupid, and try to anticipate problems before they happen. You won't be able to concentrate on the road if you're talking on a cell-phone; in most states, that's illegal anyway.

Have safe and wonderful week!