"Be Not Thou Envious Against Evil Men,

Neither Desire To Be With Them."

~Proverbs 24:1

 

Did you ever meet a rich man who you did not like, but wanted to be his friend because you wanted to schmooze up to someone who has prosperity, but that rich man had no ethics, no kind words to give you, and he only wanted to be in the company of others who he esteemed, because it made him look good? Finding companions who are kind people who do not have the plan to use you for their own personal gain, is not easy to do. Why should someone be good to another? Is there something he could gain from an interpersonal relationship: money, prestige, rewards, honor? If this person obtains honor and money, and uses people to get to this "higher" level, should we want to be evil too to get what he has? Should we be envious of his gain, his property, his material wealth or so-called esteemed reputation, when the truth is that he got where he is by stepping on others' toes? Withholding wages from his workmen, or working in an unlicensed business cheating and lying in false publicity to get money from the innocent poor man who needs what he sells. Be not envious of a man who works illegally to get where he is, not paying taxes, not be honest with his customers and selling them something that is not worth the money that is required as payment. It is not something to desire to do yourself, it is not something to be envious of because the evil man has earned his money hurting others. Do not find rich men to want to be with them, if this is how they became rich. Men who should be esteemed are men who study Torah not wiling away their time devising how they can cheat a consumer to get their money. Do not desire their company, because they will cheat you too, and be dishonest with you too. Find a good heart, a person who does not use others for their personal or business gain. Find a true friend and once you have found him, never let him go. Make new friends; and keep the old.

"I Have Sprinkled My Bed

With Myrrh, Aloes, And Cinnamon.

Let Us Drink Our Fill Of Love Till Morning."

~Proverbs 7:17

 

Sweet cinnamon, lovely dark brown bark of a cinnamon tree, hills of cinnamon but not far away, right in my own backyard, gardener of The Garden Of Eden, sip cinnamon and love Wisdom. Love Cho-achma. Wisdom has beautiful dark black piercing pupils in Her eyes, colored by earth brown irises, and a pure whiteness around the eye, needing no face make-up to beautify Herself. Cinnamon is the herb of Wisdom--She grows it in Her garden, wishes She could feed the whole world, but She just needs to feed me. I have an open mouth and cry for Wisdom to feed my parched lips, in a desert without cinnamon, without tea, without Her. She is there for me, once a week, Wisdom, and is the wisest of all of wise elders at the Sanctuary--Wisdom is The Rabbi. Rabbis are the wisest of all the cho-achma in the world--Rabbis are our Saviors. Drinking cinnamon tea with a Rabbi is the greatest honor in the world. Better than an Aliyah--who deserves this honor to drink cinnamon tea with a Rabbi? To drink tea with Wisdom? It is she. She is the daughter of a Rabbi, and Rabbis are great and their daughters are greater. Drinking cinnamon tea everyday. Drinking it and relaxing, not booze, not a beer, just tea. Tea every afternoon. Stay and drink tea! Feed the world with Your Wisdom, not with Your food, we are hungry for what You know, Dearest Wisdom, we are hungry for Wisdom's smile, Her gentleness, Her toughness, Her. She. We want Wisdom to stay!

 

"Give Up Simpleness And Live;

Walk In The Way Of Understanding."

~Proverbs 9:6.

 

Simpleness being a nothing of a nobody to anyone, a waste of an existence, a simple-minded fool, is not a complex-minded wise one: "wise in years" not old, not a senior, not aged. Wise not simple. Simply delicious is simple-minded--Questions like "How is the food funded? What ingredients are in the food? What is a healthy quantity to consume? Can it be improved?" 4 Questions, 4 Children, 4 Wise-Women/men. Cooking foods is only half the skills, shopping for the right foods, even growing your own foods, is the smarter way. Feeding yourself, then your family, then your neighbors, then having a great aspiration to feed the world and conquer world hunger! Very few get this far, it takes many mornings of donning tefillin and wrapping tallitot, but we are on track.  Understanding the plight of the poor and hungry is the way to achieve a greater purpose, understanding which is Binah--a Sephira--a feminine human quality. Understanding is what it is all about. To nurture the Binah in Her is an important job too, then She conquers World Hunger. No simpletons, understanding instead.