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Rabbi Haskel Lookstein reflected on the 55,000 fans who gathered at Shea Stadium for the seventh game of the World Series. When the game was over and the Mets were victorious, it was expected that the fans might riot, a debacle which had occurred after the seventh game of the Mets-Astros series. Yet after this game the fans stay passively in the stands, with no loss of life, or property. Had the fans of the New York Mets suddenly repented of wanton destruction? Had the great wickedness departed from humankind? Or had their wicked schemes simply been foiled by the mighty show of force of 700 riot police mounted on horseback?  -Rabbi Lionel Moses
As the Mishna teaches, Rabbi Hanina said, "Pray for the welfare of the government for without it people who swallow on another up."  (Avot 3:2)
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