Israel Shenker Quote

A second-century rabbi said that if 999 angels gave a bad account of a man and one angel reported favorably, God would hear the one angel; even if 999 parts of that one angel's report were unfavorable, God would hearken to the favorable part.

Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life (ed. Doubleday Books, 1985) - ISBN: 9780385158114