The Web We Weave

A quick thought for this week from the recent pages of the daf yomi study.  The rabbis were arguing and one commented regarding a decision of a colleague he thought the others too ready to accept without question, "must we all weave from the same web?"  I was struck by the image as well as the meaning.  In this period of elections upcoming in America, in our lives in general, it is worthwhile to remember that the tapestry of life is strongest and most beautiful when many patterns are a part of it.   Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Benson