This Malden?
A businessman was in a great deal of trouble. His
business was failing, he had put everything he had
into the business, he owed everybody it was so bad
he was even contemplating suicide. As a last
resort he went to a Rabbi and poured out his
story of tears and woe. When he had finished, the
Rabbi said, "Here's what I want you to do: Put a
beach chair and your Bible in your car and drive
down to the beach. Take the beach chair and the
Bible to the water's edge, sit down in the beach
chair, and put the Bible in your lap. Open the
Bible; the wind will rifle the pages, but finally
the open Bible will come to rest on a page. Look
down at the page and read the first thing you see.
That will be your answer, that will tell you what
to do."
A year later the businessman went back to the
Rabbi and brought his wife and children with him.
The man was in a new custom-tailored suit his wife
in a mink coat, the children shining. The
businessman pulled an envelope stuffed with money
out of his pocket, gave it to the Rabbi as a
donation in thanks for his advice. The Rabbi
recognized the benefactor, and was curious.
"You did as I suggested?" he asked.
"Absolutely," replied the businessman."
You went to the beach?"
"Absolutely."
"You sat in a beach chair with the Bible in your
lap?"
"Absolutely."
"You let the pages rifle until they stopped?"
"Absolutely."
"And what were the first words you saw?"
"Chapter 11
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