At the beginning of Shabbat, Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa saw that his daughter was upset. He asked her what was wrong and she answered that she accidently used vinegar instead of oil to light the Shabbat candles. God, who told them should burn only oil, can also declare that vinegar can also burn. As it turned out the candles miraculously burned until it was time for Havdalah. – Taanit 25 a What might have happened did not. W hat might have happened? T he poor daughter could have been chastised, berated, made to feel small. Moral? It is easy to judge but better to forgive.
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