THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, September 23, 1960 — 52
Rabbi for a Day
New Year Greetings
New Year Greetings
(Editor's Note: This is an
amusing story about the Dubno
Maggid—the Maggid par ex-
cellence—who even inspired
the great Vilna Gaon with his
homiletical parables and his ad-
ventures on the road.)
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The famous preacher of Dub-
no, Rabbi Jacob Krantz, was one
day journeying from one town
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to another delivering his learn-
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His driver, a simple man, was
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impressed by all this welcome.
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One day, as they were on the
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road, the driver said: "Rabbi, I
have a great favor to ask of
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you. Wherever we go, people
heap honors on you. Although
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I • ain only an ignorant, poor
driver, I'd like to know how it
feels to receive so much atten-
tion. Would you allow me to
exchange clothes with you for
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one day only? The people will
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think I'm the great preacher
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and you the driver; and they
will honor me instead!"
The preacher of Dubno was
a merry soul and a man of the
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people, but he saw the pitfalls
awaiting his driver in such an
arrangement. His merry eyes
twinkled when he said: "Sup-
pose I agree, what then? You
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make a. rabbi! What would you
do for learning? If they were
to ask you to explain some dif-
ficult pass • ' • ah, you
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would
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you worry, Rabbi. I'
g to take that chance";
In that case", said the
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And the two m
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and exchanged
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conducted
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to the
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thrilled with this
abbi"
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He sat down in the
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honor surrounded by all
e scholars and dignitaries of
he town. In the meantime the
reacher. from his corner kept
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'Learned Rabbi", suddenly said
local scholar, "would you be
good enough to explain to us
his passage in the • Law we
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on't understand?"
The preacher in his corner
chuckled, for the passage was
indeed a difficult one.
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said to himself.
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With knitted brows the "rab-
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bi" peered into the sacred book
placed reverently before him,
although he couldn't under-
stand one word.. Then, im-
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patiently pushing it away from
him, he addressed himself sar-
castically to the learned men of
the town: "A fine lot of schol-
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ars you are! Is this the most
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me? Why, this passage is so
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simple even my driver could
explain it to you!"
He turned around and called
to the preacher of Dubno:
"Driver, come here for a mo-
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ment and explain the Law to
these scholars!"
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