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When it came to the Menorah in the Holy Temple, the commandment was to light it anew
every day; and to light it, as Rashi says, “until the flame could rise up on its own.”
When G-d commanded Moses to count the Jews, the “greatest” among them counted as one,
and the “simplest” among them counted as one. Every Jew is an equal son or daughter of G-d
Himself, and is belov...
Mesirut nefesh -- Hebrew term for self abnegation -- means both "giving of life" and "giving of will." Self abnegation is not just the willingness to die for one's beliefs; it is the way in which one lives for them. It is the willingness to sacrifice one's "self" -- one's desires, one's preconceptions, one's most basic inclinations.
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe