In the Torah, we are commanded not to take revenge and not to bear a grudge. This is a tall order! The natural human response to being hurt is often to hold onto anger, to let it fester, and to sometimes plot revenge. Yet the Torah asks us to transcend this reaction:

“You shall not take vengeance nor bear a grudge… and you shall love your fellow as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18).

A brief reminder that holiness often begins with the hardest inner work: releasing resentment and choosing love.