"It is a enduring truth that fear will knock at every door;…" — Sholem Aleichem

"It is a enduring truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter."

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This reflection on courage by Sholem Aleichem resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in courage is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Sholem Aleichem

Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a Jewish author and playwright who wrote in Yiddish and lived in the Russian Empire and in the United States. The 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on Aleichem's stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production about Jewish life in Eastern Europe.

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