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#1075   Obstacles Add to Your Pleasure

Pleasure comes from filling a need. A person is in a state of deficiency most of his life and focuses on obtaining that which he is lacking. At times, great obstacles prevent a person from meeting those needs. The more obstacles that arise, the more a person feels the void of what he is missing.

Eventually, when that need is met, the pleasure of obtaining is in proportion to the difficulty he previously experienced. When you obtain what you want without running up against obstacles, your pleasure is limited.

(see Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler - Michtav MaiEliyahu, vol.3, pp.180-2; Rabbi Pliskin's "Consulting the Wise")

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A Christian Woman and Jewish Woman Appointed to Bahrain Parliament

 

 

A Christian Woman and Jewish Woman Appointed to Bahrain Parliament

Teresa Neumann (December 7, 2010)

"There are approximately 1,000 Christians in Bahrain."

(Bahrain)—Israel National News reports that the King of Bahrain, Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, has appointed a Jewish woman and a Christian woman to the nation's 40-member lower chamber of parliament. (Photo: King Hamad/Arutz Sheva)

The report notes that the new Jewish member of the house, Nancy Khadhori, will replace a prior Jewish member, Huda Nono, who left to become Bahrain's first female Jewish Ambassador to the United States.

"I am very happy to receive the royal trust," Khadori said in a statement to the media. "I hope I will be up to the responsibility."

According to the report, Hala Qarrisah, the new Christian female member, took the place of fellow Christian Alice Samaan, who had served as deputy head of the Council.

Source: Chana Ya'ar - Israel National News