01/29/2021
There is a story from the Hasidic tradition of the Rabbi, who was asked one day by a student,
"How can one tell when the new day has come?"
The Rabbi reversed the question and asked his student,
"You tell me how you can know."
The student guessed, "Is it when the rooster crows to signal a new dawn?"
"No," the Rabbi answered.
"Is it then perhaps when one can discern the silhouette of a tree against the sky?"
"No," he was told.
"The surest way to know when the night is over and when a new day has come is when you can look into the face of a stranger, the one who is so different from you, and recognize him as your brother. See her as your sister. Until that day comes, it will always be night."
