#dafyomi (7a-b) Thought of the day

The rabbis for a moment become obsessed with how long G-d stays angry. Obviously this reflects their concern with how long the exile will last - how long will the punishment they are enduring continue. Could they have imagined that it would last nearly 2000 years? Surely not. They talk of G?d's mercy defeating her anger not truly as a description of G?d's prayer but as a reflection of their own. May we all merit that divine justice be tempered with divine mercy.