אֵין דָּבָר שָׁלֵם יוֹתֵר מִלֵּב שָׁבוּר

ביטוי (אנגלית)

There is nothing more whole than a broken heart

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In a broken heart there can be wholeness, as one can rise from it to a higher state of consciousness.

("There is nothing more whole than a broken heart, there is no greater cry than silence"—Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. Also: "As the Karliner said, 'There is nothing more whole than the broken heart of a Jew, a broken Jewish heart.' And when after much effort one finally attains a broken heart, who would want it taken away? The point is that the broken heart should be healthy, and not come from melancholy or the illness of depression"—Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Shachter, Yishmeru Daat, 70. Also: "Our friends at that time resembled someone who was distressed that he did not have a broken heart"—S.Y. Agnon, Only Yesterday, 298. Also: "If you lose your way, lose your sense of direction, and a great storm passes, heralding a flood, and I do not know what tomorrow will bring, something within the darkness comforts me and sings: There is nothing more whole than a broken heart, and nothing cries out more than silence. A broken heart, a wounded heart, a heart weary of words, knows of a love that was gained through suffering"—Naomi Shemer, Ein Davar. Also: "And what is the most whole thing you have known in your life? Ritu Geshe asked. The tzadik again sank into thought... and finally answered: A broken heart"—Haim Be'er, To Where the Wind Goes, 212)