LEV223 The leitmotiv of our ethical system is the command of God: "Ye shall therefore keep My statutes and Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them; I am the Lord." [this verse]. Man must eat to live, not live to eat. He has the duty to look after his physical and mental welfare as he has the responsibility to be solicitous for the well-being of others. Interesting in this connection is the shrewd remark of a Hasidic Rabbi, to whom one complained that "So-and-so" desecrated the Sabbath and ate all kinds of forbidden foods. "You have been given two eyes. one with which to see your own faults, the other with which to behold the virtues of another." Glancing at the physical robustness of the complainant, the Rabbi added this: "My friend, I would advise you to look after your own soul and the body of another, rather than make yourself censorious of another man's soul whilst feeding carefully your own body." The duties man owes to his fellow-being could not have been more masterfully stated.