A DIALOGUE WITH GOD

One Yom Kippur a Rabbi imagined he stood before God and had the following conversation:

God asked him:
"Have you studied all you should?"

The rabbi said "No."

Then he was asked:
"Have you prayed all you should?"

Again he answered, "No."

He was asked a third question:
"Have you done all the good you should?"

And this time, too, he said, "No."

And God proclaimed:
"You have told the truth, and for the sake of truth you will be forgiven."

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