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August 24, 2007
Insulting A Beggar
Here an anecdote from Elie Wiesel's book Souls On Fire In an inn somewhere, a wealthy guest mistakes him for a beggar and treats him accordingly. Later he learns his identity and comes to cry his remorse: "Forgive me, Rebbe, you must - for I didn't know!" "Why do you ask Zusia to forgive you?" Rebbe Zusia said, shaking his head and smiling. "You haven't done anything bad to him; it is not Zusia you insulted but a poor beggar, so go and ask the beggars, everywhere, to forgive you!" Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 08.24.07 at 06:18 PM
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I think The Beverly Hillbilles used that anecdote! Milburn Drysdale had a similar reaction when he first met the Clampett clan. He roughly grabbed Uncle Jed, and screamed "What have you done to Mr. Clampett?!?" Eric Scheie · August 25, 2007 08:53 AM Post a comment
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. Let me define a few terms first for those of you not familiar with Jewish culture. Rebbe means Rabbi. Zusia is a famous and respected Hasidic Master/Rabbi from Europe. The "him" referred to in the first line is Rebbe Zusia.
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