"There are no constraints on the human mind,no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect."
Ronald Reagan
Great Grandma made the world's best roast chicken.Her recipe was handed down to her daughters and then her daughter's daughters and now to their daughters as well.
When it came time to start preparing Shabbat dinner one of the youngsters asked her mother "how come you cut off the left leg of the chicken before you cook it?"
Her mother answered , "that's what Great Grandma's recipe says to do".
That did not sit well with the young one so she asked her grandma who had the same response.
Still unsatisfied with that answer, she decided to go to the source.
"Great grandma, why does your recipe for roasted chicken say to cut off the left leg of the chicken as the first step in preparing it? Is that what makes your roasted chicken so delicious?"
Great grandma responded " no, the only reason I make it that way is that my roasting pan was so small that was the only way the chicken would fit."
Why do I do what I do?
Why do I follow the traditions that I follow?
Why do I observe the Jewish holidays, laws and customs the way that I do?
Why do I view life the way that I do?
Maybe because I have never had the right sized pan!
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