A teacher was explaining
to his pupils the part of the Torah where Joseph was sold by his brothers and
the subsequent hardships that he endured.
The teacher’s wife sat nearby the entire time and wept bitterly. The following year the rabbi again explained the
same portion and again emphasized Joseph’s misery. This time the woman went into a fit of
laughter,
“Are you insane?” the rabbi asked. “Last year you were crying and now your side
are splitting with laughter.”
“Shouldn’t one laugh such a fool?” The woman chuckled. “After what happened to him last year, why
didn’t he learn?”
The purpose of rereading the Torah is not to see how it changes form year to year but to measure how we have changed.
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