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The Narrow Bridge: Fear Not

Written by Rabbi Lazer Brody

A word of encouragement from Rabbi Lazer Brody and a great music video.

The Narrow Bridge: Fear Not

There's a buzz of impending war going around the web that's alarming people. Let me remind everyone that Hashem runs the world, and everything He does is for the very best. Whether or not there will be another war soon is not given to our free choice; whether or not each of us does serious tshuva and strengthens his or her emuna is certainly given to our free choice. The Yetzer Hara, or evil inclination, wants us to worry about what's beyond our control, while at the same time neglect what's within our control. Ridiculous, eh? The EI will let you do anything, so long as it has nothing to do with tshuva and emuna.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslev taught us that the whole world is a very narrow bridge, but the main thing is not to be afraid. This classic saying was put to music by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, of blessed memory. All of Israel sings it; it takes a Rebbe Nachman of Breslev to unify all of Israel, religious and non-religious alike.

The words of the song are: Kol Haolam kulo, gesher tzar m'ode... Ve'haikar, lo lefached klal. Translated, "The whole world is a very narrow bridge; the main thing is not to be afraid at all." Here's a big beam smile wishing you a peaceful Shabbat and a joyous weekend.

You can read and hear more from Rabbi Brody at his website, Reflections of Emuna with Rabbi Lazer Brody

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