Late one night, Rabbi Israel Salanter walked past the home of an old shoemaker. The rabbi noticed that, despite the late hour, the man was still working by the light of a dying candle. “Why are you still working?” asked the rabbi. “It is very late and soon that candle will go out.” The shoemaker replied: “As long as the candle is still burning, it is still possible to work and to make repairs.” Rabbi Salanter spent that entire night excitedly pacing his room and repeating to himself: “As long as the candle is still burning, it is still possible to work and to make repairs.”