The Jewish Success System Honoring the Elderly Rabbi Leiby Burnham 12 23 15

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Leiby Burnham’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

I would like to start with what the following write-up was written by a man named Henry Alford it's called word from the ages as an old Akron saying goes the death of a person is like the burning of a library it's a lovely idea curtain vanes 114 years old the world's oldest person lives in Los Angeles the world's most youth-obsessed city it's world's most youth-obsessed city it's like finding a vintage Ferrari in a parking lot Philip Honda's during the 20th century we added almost three decades to the average human life expectancy what are we doing with these extra years are we making good use of them for just soliloquizing about other better times and the fascinating intricacies of our various maladies in the example of Gertrude grant Baines the answer is a former Baines lived independently the former Baines lived independently the caretakers help until she broke her hip at the age of a hundred and seven this daughter of former slaves in her lifetime she has seen women win the right to vote and blacks reclaim it cast her ballot for President Barack Obama I didn't think I'd ever live this long she makes it clear she bears no regrets about her life and holds no secret of longevity she paints a portrait of old age whose harm Hallmark's or wit and acceptance I salute her it's commonly acceptance I salute her it's commonly said but I believe it anyway that old folks are wise indeed for many over the age of 70 old age is outside of medical malady the time of dull self-fulfillment and self-mastery a time when they are more themselves than ever the reasons for this vary for some is the question of having more time to self reflect for others it may be a product of having thrown off societal constraints or being more conscious of the diminishing time

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