Show JEWISH A rabbi Rabb iwas was delivering inz ing a lecture to his disciples and read the following passage from the talmud I 1 many diany a man roan gives his father rather viands to eat and yet inherits hell others set their fathers to grind at the mill and inherit Para disel isell the auditors were astonished at this sentence and one of them exclaimed Is ft really possible 0 rabbi the rabbi replied the teachings of the talmud are not deceitful and every nian isfan may cay recognize their wisdom if they are properly explained a certain person once ge laced a richly prepared dish before his father he latter was greatly rejoiced at the costly meal thanked his bis son and said dear son thou hast bast refreshed me today to daywitt day with a splendid meal but tell me how didat thou come by it the fe son looked sternly in his fathers face and with a harsh voice said old folks who cannot earn anything should eat what ia i s given to them and keep silence Amaze amazed fil ati at buch such rudeness the father ate no do more retired into lonely chamber of the house and tears trickle trickled d down his cheeks tell me now my ray hearers bearers hear ers ere what reward does such a son deserve all were silent and the rabbi continued Ther there ewas was another son who supported himself and his bis father by working at a mill but the king was at the time beautifying and strengthening a certain region of his domin dominion iori one day it was given out ot that certain of the inhabitants should be sent to that bat region in norderto order to hasten the completion of the the father was among the number selected he wished to obey the order of the king but the son eon said dear father thou undertake such hard work thou wilt not be abla abl abi to endure the work nor the insults of the averse overseers ers rrb but it ia is the command of the king hing said the father ather well weil I 1 am young replied the son I can endure everything do thou work in my ilace at the mill though thou cagat not earn jo so much thereby it is nevertheless better that should go than that thou should st be tormented at the public works vo and thus the bon went to work at the public fortifications while hile bile th the e father supplied the place of ills his son at the mill tell me now what reward has haa this son merited every reward in fact cried all which chich god ever bestowed on mortal thereupon the rabbi said the maxim of the talmud is thus justified many a man gives his father costly viands to eat and yet inherits hell bell another sets him to grind at the mill and inherits paradise |