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Happy birthday!

btw, the new Koren translation of the Bible has "vanity" translated as "empty breath" or something similar (Still waiting to buy).

Here is another:

Only vanishing mist, vapor, says Kohelet, evanescence and mere appearance, everything is a vanishing mist.

https://www.sefaria.org.il/Ecclesiastes.1.2?ven=Kohelet_by_Bruce_Heitler&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en#:~:text=Only%20vanishing%20mist%2C%20vapor%2C%20says%20Kohelet%2C%20evanescence%20and%20mere%20appearance%2C%20everything%20is%20a%20vanishing%20mist.

This is a description of the nature of things, less a moral reprimand. It changes our perception of what follows.

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