THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
It's Better to Light Candles Than to Utter Curses in the Dark
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
parent's house when can-
(Copy right 1977, JTA, Inc.)
dies were an important
I can remember in my daily factor for lighting. To
Who's writing
the book on
successful
shopping
centers
now
be sure, gas had come into . tempted justification, we
are told that the sections in
use, but candles were used
which it took place are
also. On the Sabbath they
noted for the high degree of
became the chief reliance
unemployment.
for lighting.
The story is told of an
The Sabbath only began
eminent rabbi who invited
when mother, praying, lit
a liomeless stranger to his
the candles. A sanctified
own home for the night and
feeling came over the
breakfast in the morning.
whole house. Candles be-
After the man left, the
fitted, more" the spiritual
rabbi discovered that his
side. It lacked, of course,
overcoat was missing.
the sharp` light of -elec-
Later, someone told the
tricity. With candles it was
rabbi he had seen -a strang-
still semi-dark, but in the
er wearing his overcoat.
semi-dark the inner light
Did the coat fit him, asked
may shine forth better.
the rabbi.
The other day in New
Yes, he was told.
York there was a revival of
Then let him keep it, said
the old days of the candle,
the rabbi.
but it had none of its glory
The great Rabbi Bunam
or beauty. An accident at
once said people could
the Consolidated Edison
learn some lessons from
Company threw the entire
thieves. The thiet is in-
city into darkness and
dustrious and works even at
people lit candles. The city
late hours of the night.
was without light and
These stories, of course,
power. People were
are not intended and fur-
trapped in elevators.
nish no justification for loot-
ing, but they point to a ker-
The darkness was fol-
nel of truth. Condemn the
lowed by widespread loot-
looting as we may, if there
ing. Doors, of stores were
had not been this terrible
broken down and the stores
massive unemployment,
completely emptied. Sever-
al - thousands of the looters
there would not have been
were arrested, but police
the looting.
War is a horrible thing—
say, tens of thousands got
the most horrible thing of
away with it.
all—but one good thing can
The papers likened it to a
be said about war. There is
siege by a foreign enemy.
no unemployment in war.
It gave one a taste of a
In war, everyone of these.
possible war of the future,
young looters would have
revealing how simple it
been drafted for work.
would be to destroy a big
city like New York. What is
to prevent cities from being
destroyed within by their
own people—once a single
missile from a foreign
enemy has turned off the
light.
The ruthless ravaging of
the stores, ruining entire
neighborhoods, naturally
arouses one's blood. In at-
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