A Hasid once went to a country fair. He put down his streimel for a moment to wipe
his brow. An instant later when he reached
for the hat it was gone. Looking this
way and that way he saw a sea of streimels like his own. What to do?
With a stroke of insight he cried out, “Look, look! The streimels on the thief’s head is on fire.” At once as man swept off his hat and betrayed
his guilt.” -Rabbi Jonathan Gerard
Thank God all people are endowed with a sense of guilt and
remorse. It keeps our yester ha-ra in
check.
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