Bitachon Weekly

Appreciating Ourselves Can Be Considered Our Greatest Accomplishment

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We see that it’s worth spending loads of time just appreciating ourselves and our past accomplishments. Although just singing and appreciating may seem unproductive, indeed this can be considered the greatest accomplishment, and is the extreme opposite of Gezel & Arayos; Kin'ah, Ta'ava, & Kavod.

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