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After these things, behold, the heavens were opened. I saw, power was given to me, and a voice was heard from the heights, saying:
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Baruk, Baruk, why are you troubled?
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Can one who sets out on a road be comforted before completing it, or one who sails the sea before reaching harbor?
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Or if one promises to give a gift but does not fulfill it, is that not deprivation?
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Or if one sows the earth but does not reap its fruit in its season, has he not ruined everything?
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Or can the one who plants a planting expect to receive its fruit before it grows to its proper time?
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Or if a pregnant ishah gives birth outside its time, does she not kill her offspring?
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Or can one who builds a house have it called a house before he roofs and completes it? Tell Me these things first.