Complaints occupy a great deal of mental space. They take up a great deal of room in conversation. Generally speaking, they go nowhere. While generating great heat they tend to to let off little steam.
“A group of Jews in the Midwest were dedicating a shul when the ceiling collapsed. Two of them perished and immediately went o heaven. The angel Gabriel met them and said: “Due to the accident, you arrived two weeks earlier than scheduled. We don’t have room for you just yet.” He called Satan below and told him to put them up for two weeks. At the end of two weeks, Satan phoned Gabriel very excitedly.
“You have to take these two Jews out of here. They’re going to wreck the place.”
“But what are they doing?”
“They’re organizing a fundraising drive to air condition the place. That will put me out of business.” – Rabbi Abraham Besdin
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