BLENDED BY SILVER
A wealthy, miserly man never gave to the needy. His rabbi, asked him to help a poor family, in need of food and medicine. He refused. Tli- rabbi handed him a mirror and said, "Look into this. What do yon see?" lie said: "t see my face in it, nothing else." "Xow," said the rabbi, "look through that window. What do you see?'' He said: "I see men and women. I see two lovers, engrossed in eacr other. And children playing. Why 9' "You answered your own question," replied the rabbi. '"Through the window you looked at life; in the mirror you saw only yourself. A mirror is of glass, like the window, but coated on the back with silver. As this silver concealed your view of life, you saw only yourself; so has your silver, your wealth, concealed all else from your sight, so j you see and think only of yourself." I
The rich man hung his head. "You are right," he said. "I have been blinded by silver."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 86, 3 August 1942, Page 2
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174BLENDED BY SILVER Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 86, 3 August 1942, Page 2
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