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“It does us all good to bend sometimes.”

“It does us all good to bend sometimes.”

The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain

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Mar 06, 2023
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𝝅 Day, 3.14.23 approaches, in eight days. Today we fast in memory of Esther. Because she fasted before making her request of her king.

Chag Purim Sameach. Be ready. Be flexible, be Esther. Bend, when you must; then, know when not to bend.

Esther. Mordechai. Haman———We all know a Haman, or two, or three.

Esther is identified as “Hadassah, who is Esther.…

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