“The Talmud teaches that when a wise man loses his temper, he also loses his wisdom.” This reading feels incredibly appropriate with today’s news of the discovery of the three Israeli teenagers bodies just outside of Hebron. Such a tragedy on so many levels. For the families - unspeakable sadness, a parent should never have to bury a child, but especially under these circumstances. For the Israelis and Palestinians - one can only pray that the ‘bad tempered’ on both sides are able to somehow hold back on their words and actions. Telushkin ends his piece quoting an 11th century Jewish poet, Solomon ibn Gabriel, “I can retract what I did not say, but I cannot retract what I already said.”
What might today’s discovery spiral into? Israeli retaliation followed by Hamas “opening the gates of hell” as they have threatened to do in case of retaliation? Can cooler heads, on both sides, seize this moment? Is peaceful co-existence still a possibility? Sad times, indeed.
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