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God and Man were inseparable companions. One day God said to Man: why don’t you go walk around on earth for a while so we can find some new topics for conversation? —beginning of a Malagasy folktale
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― Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
― Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
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What Can Be Learned From a Thief
The saintly Rabi Zusya was originally a disciple of the tsaddik Rabbi Dov Baer of Mezritsh. Once he asked his master to teach him the secret of worshipping the Creator. “There’s no need for me to teach you,” replied Rabbi Dov Baer, “because you can learn it from any child or thief.”
“Why, how can I learn it from a child?” asked the astounded disciple.
“In three ways,” replied his master. “First, a child needs no reason to be happy. Second, a child always keeps b
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― Jewish Folktales
― Jewish Folktales
Short stories are brief works of fiction that are shorter than novels. They typically feature a …more
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