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Rabbi JOSEPH RADINSKY
Cantor IRVING DEAN
How much are we to depend upon appearance, and how much are we to look to
substance? How can we determine substance? When I buy a used car, I take it
to a mechanic or get a two- or three-year guarantee. When I buy a house, I
have it professionally inspected. In dealing with people, I check their
references. In my ordinary daily activities, though, how much stress should I
put on appearance, and how hard should I seek substance? We all know that
the basis of most novels is precisely this conflict. The young man makes a
terrible impression upon a young lady, while another young man makes a great
impression on the same young lady. Near the end of the book, we find the
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FROM THE RABBI'S DESK
One of the major controversies underlining most human endeavors is the
conflict between appearance and substance. So many people just concentrate on
appearance and fail to take into account substance. Many of them have good
reason for doing so. After all, they reason, you can usually tell a lot about a
person by his appearance. You can tell whether the person is clean and
wholesome, whether he wants to please and to be part of society, or whether he
wants to be a rebel and to show an I don't care" attitude. Usually, the way a
person takes care of himself indicates what kind of person he is. I know many
people who buy a used car based upon how the inner upholstery looks. They
reason if the owner kept good care of the upholstery, he must have taken good
care of the engine as well. Of course, those people who concentrate only on
appearance can be easily deceived. We all know of car owners who, to sell
their car, have meticulously touched up its paint; have taken great pains to
steam clean the engine; and have brightened up the upholstery. They are fully
aware, however, that the car has a bad transmission and an engine on its last
legs. By so doing, they hope to fool people who base all their inspection of a
car on its externals. We know the same thing about people who sell houses;
they sometimes paint up a few rooms, knowing full well that the foundation is
cracked and the house needs a new roof.
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