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Remembering the Tzaddik of Yavniel on his Yahrtzeit: How can a simple “Shalom” change the person you say it to you? How can it change you? How can it change the world?
Eitan (איתן) Yakhin
הֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת
Receive everyone with a pleasant facial expression
(Pirkei Avot 1:15)
רַבִּי מַתְיָא בֶן חָרָשׁ אוֹמֵר, הֱוֵי מַקְדִּים בִּשְׁלוֹם כָּל אָדָם.
Rabbi Matia Ben Charash says, Be the first to give Peace to every man.¹