To the extent that my writings to you have…

To the extent that my writings to you have less thoughts on matters that are between you and the RBSO and do not deal intensely with halachic or religious matters is more so because I do not consider myself the biggest expert in this field, and this is something that I trust you have all learned. I will focus my thoughts more on other arenas where my experience I feel will be of benefit to you.

— from Before Takeoff (front matter) · Hebrew Ethical Wills by Israel Abrahams

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It hardly matters — a thing can have been said a hundred times before, but because I say it, and mean it, and say it in my own accent, the message becomes genuinely mine. Where my advice touches your relationship with God, I have kept it light, only because I never considered myself the expert there; my experience is in the other arenas, and that is where I can actually be of use to you. And remember that no situation ever repeats itself exactly — every encounter arrives with its own permutations — so whatever I hand you, you must finish with your own judgment. — Before Takeoff (front matter)

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