LEV224 The main purpose of the intricate network of the Halachah was to keep the nation alive through all its vicissitudes. The word Halachah (derived from the root ch-l-h "to go") suggests "Progress" and is meant to serve as a guide in daily life. The world has not yet progressed to those sublime standards of holy living and action patterned in our codes. The Jew, who faithfully adheres to the standards blazoned forth before his trail in the Codes, Biblical and post-Biblical, will be armed with a moral strength that will overpower those that rise up against Him. He will echo the words of R. Yehudah Halevi: "Men revile me; but they know not that the shame endured for thy sake, O God, is naught but honour." To study our ethical codes is to possess ourselves with a further source for strength and pride in our Judaism.