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I 21. Some Jewish proverbs to

1 23. Some of
the most pop-
keep in mind:
ular Jewish
• A miser is like " a mouse lying
names are
:upon the coins."
1 actually those
• Those with weak personalities
of animals, or
:are said to "never even control
relate directly
I two flies."
to animals.
• "One who cannot hit the don-
Among them:
: key [else it will kick], hits the sad-
Devora h
I dle" — used to describe a cow-
Ofer (meanin c
(bees),
Aryeh
ard cruel to those subservient to
young deer' is a
popular Israeli
(lion), Dov
him.
name.
(bear), Tzip-
22. Jewish fictional texts contain a pora (bird),
Ayala (gazelle), Yona (dove),
number of animal tales, usually
I Hersh (Yiddish, for deer) and Ofer
the sort which provide a moral.
(young deer).
'The poor donkey fares poorly in
ithese; no other animal makes a
24. Even the most sophisticated
I more frequent appearance as a
bird watcher may never have
sign of stupidity. Yet the Torah
seen
the hoopoe, but it is indeed
land Talmud speak highly of the
mentioned in the Torah (Leviticus
donkey, which was considered
11:19 and Deuteronomy 14:18).
patient. One famous story in the
Sometimes known as the lapwing,
Torah is that of the donkey that
the
hoopoe is smaller than a dove
!belonged to Balaam (Numbers
and carries a multicolored
:22:22-30). The donkey sees an
plumage atop its tiny. head. Unfor-
angel which his master Balaam,,
tunately,.or perhaps fortunately,
notorious for his impatience and
the hoopoe has a particularly
irritability, fails to notice. To
strong odor (anyone have any
1-reward the donkey, and to give
bird deodorant?) which most find
him the chance to correct Bal-
offensive — especially any preda-
i aam's unpleasant ways, the crea-
tor hungry for the hoopoe and its
ture is rewarded with the ability
young. This smell has inspired
Ito speak.
some quite wondrous'stories
about the bird, such as one that
the hoopoe carries its special fra-
grance so as to protect the secret
treasures in its nest, including the
shamir (see No. 14 above).

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