Thursday, October 19, 2006
This is an ancient story about a rabbi, his wife and their twin boys who were very loved by their parents. The boys died while the rabbi was away on a trip and knowing how deeply the man loved his children the wife decided not to tell him until he returned and had fortified himself with a nice meal.Throughout the evening the man asked for his sons repeatedly and whenever he asked where the boys were the wife would just reply “They are away from home now.”After the meal the wife asked her husband to help her with a problem she had.
She asked him “if you were lent two precious jewels and told you were allowed to enjoy them as long as they were in your keeping, would you be able to argue when the lender asked for their return?”
Of course the husband answered “certainly not!”After his answer the wife led her husband to the bedroom where the two boys lay and said, “God wanted his jewels back.”
nice story !!