“The pure righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom.”

—  Abraham Isaac Kook

Arpilei Tohar (1914), p. 2.

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