An עשיר who had a reputation of being a קמצן and refusing to extend a helping hand, felt chest pains and had his wife take him to the doctor. The doctor took the man’s hand to measure his pulse. “Doctor,” the wife said, “he complains about his heart, not his hand.” “I know,” the doctor responded, “but the hand gives a true measure of the state of the heart.”

06/10/2021