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How can you - a cleric - be so open-minded? I asked
"Look. I know what I believe. It's in my soul. But I constantly tell our people: you should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to say that we don't know everything, we must accept that another person may believe something else."
He sighed.
"I'm not being original here, Mitch. Most religions teach us to love our neighbor."

I thought about how much I admired him at that moment. How he never, even in private, even in old age, tried to bully another belief, or bad-mouth someone else's devotion. And I realized I had been a bit of coward on this whole faith thing. I should have been more proud, less intimidated. I shouldn't have bitten my tongue. If the only thing wrong with Moses is that he's not yours; if the only thing wrong with Jesus is that he's not yours; if the only thing wrong with mosques, Lent, chanting, Mecca, Buddha, confession, or reincarnation is that they're not yours - well, maybe the problem is you.

One more question? I asked the Reb.
He nodded.
When someone from another faith says, "God bless you," what do you say?
"I say, "Thank you, and God bless you, too."
Really?
"Why shouldn't I?"
I went to answer and realized I had no answer. No answer at all.