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Soul Living 8: Spiritualizing the Physical

Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 6:09 a.m.

When Rabbi Yaakov Mordechai Poltova was on his deathbed, he remarked: \u201cI would give up 40 years of iskafya [spiritual self-refinement] just for the chance to do one more mitzvah.\u201d When word of this reached his close friend the Rebbe Rashab, he said: \u201cIndeed he\u2019s right. But it takes 40 years of refinement to come to such a clear realization.\u201d