The Sadiguerer Rebbe, Reb Abraham Jacob, married off a daughter. On the way to the wedding his hat, which had cost him three hundred rubles, was stolen. The rabbi sent for the King of the Thieves, and asked him to guess where his hat could be.
“Find my hat for me,” the rabbi pleaded, “and I will give you whatever you ask for. I am ashamed for my in-laws to find out.”
“Rabbi,” the King of the Thieves, replied, “If one of my Hasidim stole your hat, I still have hopes of finding it. But if one of your Hasidim stole it, then the hat is lost forever.”
Honor, honesty and dignity are the hallmarks of a good person….even if their vocation is not one we would choose. Even religiosity does
Comments