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A Carob Tree and a Spring


Talmud, Shabbat 33b
Seeing a man ploughing and sowing, they exclaimed: "They forsake eternal life and engage in temporal life!" Whatever they cast their eyes upon was immediately incinerated

Reader Comments
Posted: Sep 7, 2005
Storey
This story is a very great story, and an insperational one.
Posted By Anonymous, Jhb, R.S.A

Posted: May 3, 2007
Such are the wise men of Israel, that they set an example for the rest of us.
Posted By ben, ny, ny

Posted: May 5, 2009
i love it.
I love this story but it's not how it's
spost to be.
from SARA age 6
Posted By sara m, S. Mateo

Posted: July 11, 2009
Nice
Love this story. It teaches us in an unoffensive way, typical of our people, no doubt, lol.
Posted By Louise Tippets, Oakley, KS

Posted: Jan 18, 2010
A note on wisdom
Wise is the man who listens to and understands our sages.
Posted By Rabbi Mordechai Pearlman, Bradenton, FL

Posted: Jan 28, 2010
HUH?
I don't understand the story. Can somebody explain what's going on?
Posted By Anonymous, Roanoke, VA

Posted: Feb 13, 2010
Happy
Happy to find this site. I was just eating some bread and taking a few drinks from a jug of water. Why 12 months in hell?
Posted By Anonymous, ok/us

Posted: Apr 30, 2010
in response to HUH?
this is the raw text of the story, translated into not so easy english. If you read the other articles and posts about Lag BaOmer, you'll see how the Jewish people celebrate the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the father in the story, because he brought the hidden parts of the Torah (the Zohar, the Kabbalah) down to earth - through study - during his stay in the cave with his son. He insisted that his yartzeit be a day of celebration, so Lag BaOmer became even more joyful and special, not just the day that Rabbi Akiva's students stopped dying. Hope this helps a bit.
Posted By Anonymous, Waterbury, CA
via chabadnw.org

Posted: May 1, 2010
Poverty vs. Prosperity
They went into the cave poor; they exited the cave with such abundance that they had to share and to spare. Sometimes "the riches of the poor are greater than the poverty of the rich."
Posted By June Green, Lynnville, TN

 


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