סנהדרין סב

The מונקאטשר רב, the בעל מנחת אלעזר, once saw a Jew smoking a cigarette on שבת. “Perhaps you have forgotten that today is שבת” the רב said to him.  “No, I haven’t forgotten,” the man said.  “Perhaps you don’t know that the תורה states that it’s אסור to light a fire on שבת,” the רב said.  “I know that it’s אסור,” the man responded.  The רב then said: “I see that you are a man of אמת.  What are you doing here in the world of שקר?  Your place is in the עולם האמת.”

06/10/2021