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'Weighed in the Angels' Scales'
Hashonah
Short Story for Rosh
the bath house that he was go-
man's wagon on the scale, but
you• forget that the rich man
pulled out the poor man's cart
with ernaallndthethm the" mthued wheels
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wheels
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"'So the
M b: mud was
t into
the Heavenly court and it was
weighed—and do you know, it
was these few pounds of mud
that, added to the wagon, saved
the situation for the rich m an?
"That's the story," said Mr.
Feder, "and now, Meyer, you
run and take your bath."
"But by your story," said Mey.
er, "I really shouldn't take the
mud off from myself."
"You see what you have done,*
said Mrs. Feder to her husband.
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ing to perform a Mitzvah. It's
MRS. FEDER couldn't wait for a Mitzvah to keep your body in
ger husband to arrive to tell good condition."
the story about little Meyer.
"So, it's a Mitzvah to get rid
She was near to bursting with of the dirt," said Meyer. "There
laughter. "You can't guess why is no Mitzvah in dirt?"
yolir son wanted the fishing rod
"No, there is no Mitzvah in
tee ay?"
dirt," said Mr. Feder, "but some
"Fishing rod today?" exclaim- day, Meyer, I'll tell you a story
ed Mr. Feder.
how even a little mud may be
"Yes," said Mrs. Feder, "he useful."
wanted the fishing rod to go to
"Now don't go putting ideas
'Tashlich.' He said he planned in Meyer's head," said Mrs. Fe-
to catch fish after throwing away der.
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his sins."
"Aw, tell me that story now,"
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Mr. Feder emitted a roar and insisted Meyer.
young women working in 25
avenue at 92nd street, New York City. It is a German piece,
turned to his son, "Not really
"Well, if I tell it to you, will
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states.
Meyer?"
you go and take a bath?"
it is made of red velvet embroidered in gold and silver with
"Well, I don't see why not,"
semi-precious stones. In this detail, two Lions of Judah hold
"Yes, pa."
returned little Meyer. "Sammie
up a crown.
told me he was going to the lake
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to throw his sins away, so I
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"WELL, ONCE upon a time
the evil of the rich man's life.
said, I would go with him and, there was a very rich man and record showed that he had per. So they ordered the poor man's
maybe, after that, since we are once a great Rabbi from a neigh- formed one good deed in his life. wagon set on the scales. But it
at the lake, we could go fish- boring town came visiting to his Once he had been riding in his lacked a few pounds from bal-
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city. The rich man let the 1A- carriage and he had seen a poor ancing the evil of the rich man's
"Well that's efficiency I must mous Rabbi stay at his home, man stuck with his wagon in the life.
mud. So the rich man with his
say," said Mr. Feder.
but he said he objected to the carriage helped to pull the poor
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"'The inspecting angels were
poor Jews coming to visit the
"PA," SAID little Meyer, "do Rabbi. He complained that they man's wagon out of the mud! sorry but could not admit this
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rich man to Heaven. The rich
you really throw your sins brought mud on their boots, for
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man's face was downcast, but
"'YES,
THE
other
angels
ad-
away?"
you see many Jews were coming
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that they must weigh it on the raised his voice: "Your honors,"
said his sister, Sarah, who was a Rabbi.
scales to see if it over-balanced he said, "you have put the poor
few years older, "and store them
"The Rabbi said to the rich
in the closet. Why throw them man, 'Do you know—once the
away? You could use the same mud about which you complain
sins next year. Everything is go- enabled a rich Jew to enter
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ing up in price so today."
Heaven.'
"Yes," said Mr. Feder, "I sup-
"'How was that?' asked the
pose the "price of sinning has rich man.
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" 'Well,' said the Rabbi, 'a rich
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pay a much higher price for our man once came to the gates of
silts today."
Heaven. The angels looked up
"No, papa," said Meyer, "tell his credentials and, after exam-
me the truth. pa , you don't real- ination, found that his good deeds
ly throw your sins away, do did not justify his entering Hea-
you?"
ven.
"'The Angel of Justice asked
"No," said Mr. Feder, "it's just
a symbol. Some Jews just go to to look over the report card and
'Tashlich' for the purpose of he found that the rich man's
suggesting the thought that, at
the beginning of the New Year,
we should try to cleanse our-
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selves of our sins."
"And you, Meyer," interjected
his mother, "I think you would
do well right now to cleanse
yourself with a bath instead of
going fishing."
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