מדרש תהלים יז:ח
אמר ר' יהושע בן לוי בשעה שאדם הולך בדרך, איקוניא של מלאכים מהלכין לפניו, ומכריזין ואומרים תנו מקום לאיקוניא של הקב"ה.
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says that when a person walks on the road, they are preceded by a company of angels who proclaim: "Make way for the image of the Holy Blessed One!"
[AJWS translation]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. What are the values communicated by this text?
2. What are the implications of our actions if we take seriously that every human being is the image of the Holy Blessed One?
Time Period: Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)