Managing Change

By: Deborah Grayson Riegel

According to the Shocher Tov, a book of biblical commentaries, “If you behold a custom set by your forefathers, change it not!” In other words, if it was good enough for Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Rachel, Sarah, Rebecca and Leah, it should be good enough for us, right?

Well, I don’t know about you, but I am thrilled that much has changed since then. In ancient times, fathers could voluntarily sell their daughters into bondage and men purchased their wives. I could go on but do I really need to? Let’s just say that things have changed significantly for the better.

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