Fred A Levy Haskell (fredcritter) wrote,
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A relevant quotation

From Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History, HarperCollins, New York, 2001, ISBN 0-688-08406-7, page 249:

    “Normally, we worry about our own material well-being and our neighbor’s souls; let us rather worry about our neighbor’s material well-being and our own souls.”  —Rabbi Israel Salanter.

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