<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span style="font-size: 19px;"> Many years ago, I was teaching a third grade Hebrew School class.<br> We were discussing the Jewish concept of G-d and one of the usually<br> quiet students raised his hand and said he wishes he were G-d. Somewhat<br> surprised, I replied, David, we all have a piece of G-d deep down inside of us,<br> to which again, to my surprise, he said: "Yeah, but how can we dig that piece out?<br> Realizing I was dealing with a very bright student I responded: "Whenever we do the<br> right thing, whenever we are good, whenever we do a good deed we are clearly revealing <br> that piece of God deep down inside of us. David's next comment was probably one of the most<br> profound any student ever made. He said: "Then when we do something bad or don't live up to G-d's<br> commandments, we are burying God." And though I didn't show my amazement, I said to the class: "That's<br> the lesson for today: DON'T BURY G-D!"</span><br><br> <b>R. Chanina remarked, "I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and the most from my students" (Ta'anis 7a)</b><br><br></body></html>