Thursday, December 5, 2013

Yarmulkas for Thieves

Hi,

"Rav Nachman’s mother was told by an astrologer, “Your son is a thief.”

"She then never permitted him to have his head uncovered; she told him, “Cover your head so that you will have awe of Heaven upon you, and pray to G-d for help.” He never knew why she asked this of him.
One day he was sitting underneath a palm tree, and his wrap fell off his head. He raised his eyes and saw the palm tree. His instincts overpowered him, and he climbed up and bit off a bunch of dates with his teeth."

(Talmud, Shabbat 156b)

חג אורים שמח,
Mordechai

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