Shoftim 5783
עַל שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד, עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים:
The world stands upon three things: the Torah, the Temple service and acts of lovingkindness. (Pirkei Avot 1:2). These are the building blocks of the world, without which everything would collapse. What is built above these three things? The world! With everything it contains, including a lot of junk – things that are not good, precious and worthy. If we then picture the whole world as a big building founded[…]