נדרים יב

The hungry beggar asked a housewife for something to eat. Having pity on him, she had him sit down at the table and placed before him some fish and a plate of black bread and challah. The challah was almost twice as expensive as the black bread but the beggar did not touch the cheaper variety. Instead, he gorged himself on the challah. The housewife, growing more irritated by the minute, finally asked “Did it ever occur to you that the challah costs twice as much as the black bread?“ “I thought of it many times,“ said the beggar, “but believe me, madam, it’s worth every cent!”

06/10/2021