| Businessman in Trouble |
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| ::darkshadows:: (In@Out.net) |
2007/05/03 01:01 |
Businessman in Trouble
A Jewish businessman was in a great deal of trouble. His business was
failing, he had put everything he had into the business, he owed
everybody. It was so bad he was even contemplating suicide.
As a last resort he went to a Rabbi and poured out his story of tears
and woe. When he had finished, the Rabbi said, "Here's what I want you
to do: Put a beach chair and your Torah in your car and drive down to
the beach. Take the beach chair and the Torah to the water's edge, sit
down in the beach chair, and put the Torah in your lap. Open the
Torah; the wind will rifle the pages, but finally the open Torah will
come to rest on a page. Look down at the page and read the first thing
you see. That will be your answer. That will tell you what to do."
A year later the businessman went back to the Rabbi and brought his
wife and children with him. The man was in a new custom-tailored suit,
his wife in a mink coat, the children shining. The businessman pulled
an envelope stuffed with money out of his pocket, gave it to the Rabbi
as a donation in thanks for his advice. The Rabbi recognized the
benefactor, and was curious. "You did as I suggested?" he asked.
"Absolutely," replied the businessman.
"You went to the beach?"
"Absolutely."
"You sat in a beach chair with the Torah in your lap?"
"Absolutely."
"You let the pages rifle until they stopped?"
"Absolutely. I did everything just as you said."
"And what were the first words you saw?"
"Chapter 11."
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