Chava Arias - Live and let live!

I think one of the things I would really like to get across is the fact that … kind of like the live and let live concept, just because as a Jew I don’t try to convert anyone else into what I think. I think that just separates me from who is my creator. I would try to just help everyone see that any religion can be right for that person. They don’t have to be a Jew to be able go to Olam Ha-Ba. They can be anything as long as they live their life righteously. Usually that’s kind of like the basic Ten Commandments, kind of that general concept. No one’s going to follow the 613 mitzvot. But I think that’s the main point, kind of like whatever works. If you’re not hurting anyone else, living your life to your best of your ability, try to be the best person, try to repair the world, that sort of thing, I think that’s the most important thing is to see everyone just follow their own thing, live a good life. You don’t have to convert to anything else to have that good quote-unquote afterlife. That’s just my biggest thing, I think, because I’ve seen so much prejudice and so much hate in terms of … you know, in the news we always see that sort of thing. I think the important thing is just to kind of leave everyone be, and just respect and let us believe and let us practice our allegiance to God in our own way