Wednesday, May 03, 2006

While We Ponder The Immigration Issue

I just read this. Please consider it my contribution to the current debate over illegal immigrants.

A rabbi put this question to his students:

"How can we determine the hour of dawn, when the night ends and the day begins?"

One student suggested, "When from a distance you can distinguish between a dog and a sheep."

"When you can distinguish between a fig tree and a grapevine," offered another.

"No," the rabbi said. "When you look into the face of a human being and have enough light to recognize that person as your brother or sister. Up until then it is night, and darkness is still with you."


Author unknown.

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