“Rachel gave voice to the definite words of despair, “Give
me children. If not, let me die!” Her husband Jacob was angry that she asked
for a miracle: “Shall I take God’s place?”
But rabbinic tradition did not approve of his response. According to one sage, God replied: “Is that
how you answer someone who cries in distress?”
-Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, 1981
Anger destroys. It is not constructive, most emphatically
among people who love one another.
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