10-02-2007, 05:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2007, 05:45 PM by Director Michael.)
Maybe you are thinking of a stanza from the Jewish prayer book from Yom Kippur, which compares G-d's control of our physical lives, and the tests we face, to a silversmith who chooses to refine or adulterate an ingot of silver.