The Forgotten Task

 

 

 

The Forgotten Task 
 

 

 

 

Shalom,

 

A few weeks ago, we posted one of the less-known stories by Rabbi Nachman from Braslav about the contaminated grain. 

 

You can find it on our blog:

 

https://www.ulpanor.com/2020/04/03/the-contaminated-grain/

 

Many of our subscribers asked us to publish additional intriguing stories by R. Nachman. 

 

Well, in these times of pandemic and the risk of contamination, we chose to post another story about grain in danger of being spoiled… 

 

 

 

 

 

There was once a king who saw in the stars that if the grain would not be harvested by a specific time, it would all spoil.

 

 

 

Being that time was short, he decided to hire workers and provide them with all their pleasures and needs so that they would be free to work day and night to finish harvesting before the deadline.

 

However, the workers enjoyed the pleasures and forgot about the task. The deadline passed, and all the grain spoiled.

Now, what would they do?! The king would certainly be enraged with them.

 

 A sage came along and advised them that   the king loved a certain bird.

 If they brought the king this bird, the king   would be so delighted that he would   forgive  them for everything.

 

 

But catching this bird was very difficult since it lived very high up and they had no ladder and time was short.

 

So again, the sage advised them that since they were many, each one should stand on the other’s shoulders until they could reach the bird.

 

But they argued among themselves, for each one wanted to be higher up on the human ladder.

 

They wasted time arguing, and the bird flew away.

 

As a result, the king was enraged with them for their negligence in harvesting the grain and… 

 

Rabbi Nachman did not end this story. 

 

How would you end it? 

 

Also, in your opinion:

• Who is the king?
• Who are the workers?
• Who is the sage?
• What does the bird symbolize? 
   

Let us know by replying to this post, or emailing us at:

office@ulpanor.org 

 

 

HEBREW CORNER 

 

טוב ציפור אחת ביד משתיים על העץ
 

TOV TZIPOR AKHAT BAYAD MI’SH’TAYIM AL HA’ETZ

 

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 

 

Literally – it’s better to have one bird in the hand than two on the tree. 

 

 

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