A policeman noticed a shabbily dressed man looking down at the base of a street light a streetlight.
“Sir, can I help you,” asked the cop.
“Yes,” said the man. “I just now dropped a quarter/shekel on the ground. Can you help me find it?”
“Sure,” said the cop looking downward near the streetlight.”
A minute later the cop tells the man he does not see the coin there.
The man pauses and says, “That’s because I dropped it over there” - pointing to an unlit area a few feet away.
“So why are you looking here, instead of there,” asks the cop.”
“Oh,” says the man. “I’m looking here, where here where there’s light, because over there it’s too dark!”
Nowadays, we delude ourselves thinking we can find happiness as we walk in darkness. But like our prophets of old let's shed some light on this matter.
“Sir, can I help you,” asked the cop.
“Yes,” said the man. “I just now dropped a quarter/shekel on the ground. Can you help me find it?”
“Sure,” said the cop looking downward near the streetlight.”
A minute later the cop tells the man he does not see the coin there.
The man pauses and says, “That’s because I dropped it over there” - pointing to an unlit area a few feet away.
“So why are you looking here, instead of there,” asks the cop.”
“Oh,” says the man. “I’m looking here, where here where there’s light, because over there it’s too dark!”
Nowadays, we delude ourselves thinking we can find happiness as we walk in darkness. But like our prophets of old let's shed some light on this matter.
Rabbi Joshua Adler
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