A Yid Needs Fins and Scales

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Rabbi Shmuel Silber teaches the message of kosher fish: build spiritual armor, step into the world, and know when to swim against the current. #JewishWisdom #Mussar #Torah #RabbiSilber

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A Yid has to have fins and scales. Get out into the world. Do not hide, do not recede, do not withdraw, do not run. Get into the world and ultimately make a difference. But make sure you have scales, because if you don't have scales this world will swallow you whole and you will fundamentally and totally lose yourself, as happens to so many of our brothers and sisters. You need to have scales if you want to make a difference in this world, and make sure you flex your fins. Flex your fins. Know, Rabosai, sometimes go with the flow, but there are moments in life when you have to be able to swim against the current. Don't be afraid to do so and know that you are armed with the beautiful and holy fins to do so. This is the one place in the Torah where Hakadosh Baruch Hu says stop, stop, pause. I'm giving you an extra word to tell you that I love you. Yagdil Torah V'yadir, and also because he wants us to focus on this ever important, dramatic and overwhelming life lesson. A successful Yid is a Yid with fins and scales.