The Accidental Talmudist is a wonderful Facebook essayist. You neednt be religious to enjoy his postings. And every once in a while they remind me of an old story. ------ A man has been in business for many, many years and the business is going down the drain. He is seriously contemplating suicide and he doesnt know what to do. He goes to the Rabbi to seek his advice. He tells the Rabbi about all of his problems in the business and asks the Rabbi what he should do. The Rabbi says, Take a beach chair and a Bible and put them in your car and drive down to the edge of the ocean. Go to the waters edge. Take the beach chair out of the car, sit on it and take the book out and open it up. The wind will riffle the pages for a while and eventually the Bible will stay open at a particular page. Read the first words -- just one line -- your eyes fall on and they will tell you what to do. Three months later the man and his family come back to see the Rabbi. The man is wearing a $1,000 Italian suit, The wife is all decked out with a full-length mink coat and the child is dressed in beautiful silk. The man hands the Rabbi a thick envelope full of money and tells him that he wants to donate this money to the Shul in order to thank the Rabbi for his wonderful advice. The Rabbi is delighted. He asks him what words in the Chumash brought this good fortune to him. The man replies, Chapter 11.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:28:24 +0000
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