I first heard this old Yiddish story, which has roots in the Talmud, from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz 1.
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While we are in the womb, we know everything there is to know about the universe, but we forget it all at birth. At a later time, to help us remember, God runs a finger from the bottom of our nose to the top of our lip. That’s why there’s an indentation. (more…)
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