Rabbi Stephen Wise was engaged to speak at a community well outside New York. When it came time for him to go, he called ahead to tell them that he was ill. He said, “Let me recommend an associate who is a real gentleman and a scholar.” They responded by saying, “Thank you Rabbi Wise but we don’t want a gentleman or a scholar. We want you.” - Rabbi Harold Kushner Of course, it is humorous but underlying it is a truth. We worship personalities, figures of power when perhaps we ought to be paying attention to piety and wisdom.
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