"Two people are charged with the task of recognizing a face in the
darkness. One lights a candle and examines the face to identify it. The other,
without a candle, trains himself to identify people by the sound of their
voices alone. The first person achieves a clearer recognition, by sight, than
the other can, merely by sound. However, the second person has taught himself a
new talent, of listening to the voice of the other. And when dawn breaks, the
first person will extinguish his candle but will be none the wiser as a result
of his nocturnal experience; while the other will emerge from it with a newly
developed capacity for listening as a channel of recognition."
- Rabbi Yizchak Hutner, Pachad Yitzhak, Translation Aviva Zornberg
Watch with your eyes but listen with your mind.
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