Rabbi Elnatan ben Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu would say: Anyone who does not know how to laugh at himself in moments of peak and in moments of depression, will remain stuck and will not be able to move on.
He would say: When you are at work, you will work to the end and when you are on vacation, rest until the end and do not forget to look at the flowers and the sparkles of the stars.
And when he looked at his wife, his eyes were like twinkling stars and his body radiated love and his eternal smile would widen and his whole face light up.
Dina the wife of Elnatan received from him. She would say: man knew how to sing before he learned to speak, and dance before he could walk and she would know how to listen to the song behind the words and see the hidden movement.
She would listen to all the little details and admire and get excited and embrace.
They would say: Present your house open to guests, and let your household be poor, and adopt every orphan and do not stress about cleanliness and food because that is not why they come.
Batsheva (Horowitz) Sadan
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