Parable of the dripping water on stone and parable of little flame on glass

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In Avos DiR' Nussun chapter 6 we learn that Rabbi Akiva drew great encouragement and hope from seeing how drops of water wore down stone - certainly words of Torah which is likened to iron can reach and mold his heart.

If you put a small flame to glass, the heat accumulates until the glass explodes. So keep pouring out holy words of prayer and Torah, eventually they accumulate and you will be on fire.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman

Ner Tamid of Rabbainu courtesy of Ikea

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The Talmud already extols one who frequently lights holy lights, but Rabbainu revealed further that the Ner Tamid one lights for the tzadik had the power to save souls from apostasy R"L.

Light in broken dreams

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last night I lit to wicks in olive oil, they are still burning now in the merit of Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman, Rabbi Akiva, and the Ramchal. Originally I had them burning on the top of my closed laptop. Sometime in the wee early hours of the morning I took a little nap and had quite vivid dreams, part of what I remember was having a hole and a crack in the screen of my laptop, which afterwards resulted or turned out to be the whole screen completely broken up -- rachmana litzlun. What I take it to mean is a spiritual cleansing of the screen which unfortunately has displayed much that needs cleansing... such is the power of a little flame of the tzaddik....

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!