A Jewish youth went for a walk with his spiritual mentor. Walking along the street, they noticed old, worn-out shoes on the edge of the road. These shoes may have belonged to a peasant who was farming nearby in the field and was about to finish his hard work.
The Jew turned to the rabbi:
“I propose to play a joke on the owner of the shoes.” We can hide his shoes, hide and see from cover what he will do!
But the teacher replied:
- My young friend, never joke about the grief and misfortune of others! Since you are richer than this poor man, you can entertain yourself in another way - put one gold piece in each shoe, then we will hide in the bushes and see how the peasant behaves.
No sooner said than done. The young Jew put the coins in the peasant shoes and both disappeared into the nearest bush.
After some time, a peasant came to the place where the boots were, having finished his work. As he began to put on his shoes, he felt that there was a foreign object in his shoe.
Thinking it was a stone, he shook it out of his shoes. But what was his surprise when he saw that it was not a stone that fell out of his shoe, but a gold coin!
The peasant stood in amazement for some time, then looked around and did not notice anyone. I looked at the coin again. He picked it up from the ground and put it in his pocket. While putting on another shoe, I found a second coin there. After this discovery, the peasant knelt down on the ground and, raising his face to heaven, began to pray.
In his appeal to God, he thanked him for salvation, for the miracle and gold coins, which would greatly help him save his children from hunger and cure his sick wife.
The young Jew was shocked by what he saw and stood in silence with tears in his eyes. The teacher asked him:
- If you had done what you wanted, would you have been as happy as you are now?
The young student replied that he had learned a lesson that he would remember for the rest of his life! Now he understood the words that say that the one who gives is more blessed, not the one who receives! Therefore, you must hurry to do good and you will not regret what you have done!
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