36 Taddiks
The World May Truly Rest On The Shoulders Of A Handful Of People

There is an idea in the Talmud that at all times there are at least 36 truly righteous people.   It is actually their existence, and goodness, and how is reverberates out from their existence onto the people and world around them that good persists in the world.  Their example, their deeds, their being, transform those around them to make this mess of a world bearable, and keep it on the right track.  The idea in the Talmud being that it's because this minimum always exists that the world's existence remains worthwhile.

The identity of these 36 is not necessarily known.  And why should it be.   The 36 most righteous people in the world are bound to include some people who never became famous.   What is famous?  I mean, look at who is famous...this is not a requirement for being a taddik, and perhaps, might even be a hinderance.

Perhaps most of them are total unknowns.  Hopefully they are.  Just go be a taddik yourself.  Do something right, true, decent and unselfish and change the world.  Maybe one of them is you.

 

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