Ovadya ben Malka

We give to God of our strength, not our weakness. But we also say: __a lifneh mi ata omed___now before whom you stand. We know what we are in the face of that. We see the full picture__od and ourselves. We cannot see ourselves as more than we are because we see how much greater is the reality. But we must not lessen our value in our own eyes either, because we are a necessary part of this reality. It is no small thing that we are able to __tand_ and to address that reality.It would be good if we could approach life the way we approach prayer, knowing before whom we stand.

It__ true that the hatred is still there. But it doesn__ change anything. Our obligations are the same__o live and sanctify all life with our own. To participate in the world the best we know how, leaving it a better place than we found it. To raise families and teach our children to value life. What more can we do? Should we refuse to live because of the threat of death hanging over us? We__e always been under sentence of death. Every generation that lives out its days in peace is a victory. Every day we live is a victory.

The fact that good people can be forced to do wrong doesn__ make them less good. But it also doesn__ make the wrong less wrong.