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Two Types of Heartbreak
"A disciple asks the rebbe: Why does Torah tell us to place these words upon
your hearts? Why does it not tell us to place these holy words in our hearts?
The rebbe answers: It is because as we are, our hearts are closed, and we cannot
place the holy words in our hearts. So we place them on top of our hearts. And
there they stay until, one day, the heart breaks and the words fall in. The
following passage by Parker Palmer on heartbreak, opens with this Hasidic
tale...
