The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-15
Rabbi Decries
Lack OF Faith
Among People
Says Faith, Not Worry,
Will Bring Happiness;
Cites Parable OF The
Mamma As Good Exampl.
BY Rabbi Abraham schwartz

BY Rabbi Abraham Schwartz
Among the evils of mankind is
the fear of man Of what the flu
ture holds for him. Men deprive
themselves today SO that they
may enjoy tomorrow - they die
today SO that they may live to-
morrow. They forget that tomor-
ROW never comes. There is no
such thing as tomorrow-tomor-
row is the repetition of today.
They do not take to heart the
fact that the great God who
created His beings looks after
their beings and provides them
with substance as they 60 along.
From the parable Of the mamma
and particularly the fact that it
was daily distributed, the Jewish
Sages derived the degree Of their
faith in God, saying that, "The
one who has bread today and asks
what he will eat tomorrow, has
little faith in God" In vain, man
exerts himself and deprives him
self and his fellow men of the
good things in life for the sake
of tomorrow. With the symbolic
lesson of the mamma came the in
struction, Let no man leave of
it until the morning" But some
of them left it until the morning
and it bred worms and rOtted.
To those who deprived them
selves of eating their portion OF
mama, the ration of the day
saving Tor tomorrow, found to
their establishment that it was
spoiled. Their accumulation, their
wealth defiled them and Knocked
them.
Divine wisdom saw the great
importance of contentment as a
fundamental step to happiness,
synbolized in the mamma. 1t was
a commandment that a jar Of
mamma be kept in d jar in the
sanctuary for perpetual com.
inelnoration lex. Nv XVI. 33).
This was to perpetuate the inn
peritive Importance of content
inent for happiness.
So. important was the lesson
that the. jar Of mamma was placed
in the Holy OF Holes before the
testimony alongside the tables
Of the Ten Commandments, to
indicate this lesson taught by the
Decalogue. This container OF
mamma, symbolizing content
ment was preserved in Israel for
along time, up to the destruction
Of the second temple. According
to the Rabbits, Jeremiah refers to
ii as His admonition TO Israel.
II is indeed regrettable that
this treasure has disappeared.
Humanity will perhaps never be
able to realize the great loss 1t
suffered. We in the United States
enjoy blessing of abundance.
We have had shower Of gold
and many Of lis have become
rich, not by exertion but in q
way somewhat similar to the
gathering of the mamma by
which our good father in Heaven
allowed us to have all that we
wanted simply by stretching out
our hands and picking it up.
Had we followed the lesson OF
the mamma and been contented
with the wealth we had accuniu.
lated. we would have reason to
be happy. But we 60 on and
many people injure their faith,
never satisfied in their minds,
with no trust in God, causing
much unhappiness in the world
today
Faith, in some people is Sd
badly injured that II ruins hap
piness and health, causes restless
ness Yes, | may CD hurthey thar
that and say that an injured faith
can cause ruination to all of the
peoples OF the earth.
Let us regain our faith, stop
worrying and all Of us will bt
happier. The almighty God who
gave Gus fdrefathers mamma i.
still watching over us and He
will provide for us--if we viii
provide the faith.