Through the Void

There is a story told. Reb Baruch of Mezibuz had a a pupil who approached his study through the darkness of night. Ashen faced, the young pupil raised his weary, tear stained eyes upwards, towards his master.
“I have come to the brink of my belief, and I have found the questions unanswerable”, the student whispered. “The void has focused it’s gaze on my soul”.

The Rebbe Reb Baruch, taking the pupils hand, silently whispered, “Come, let us traverse the abyss together”…

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