David Wolpe:
To the extent that the Internet and the proliferation of long distance
learning deprive us of being in the presence of charismatic, kind, scholarly
people, it will be a tremendous loss. When a Hasid said that he traveled miles
just to see how his master tied his shoes, he was expressing this beautiful
idea. What we learn from a great teacher cannot be put into a book, because it
is in a look, an inflection, a quirk of personality or a tossed off comment. The
greatest human lessons are found in the power of presence.
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