{"id":15614317,"date":"2007-12-27T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/2007\/12\/27\/Jewish-Fable-on-Christmas-Eve-The-Distributed-Republic\/"},"modified":"2008-02-13T07:56:26","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T07:56:26","slug":"Jewish-Fable-on-Christmas-Eve-The-Distributed-Republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/?p=15614317","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Fable on Christmas Eve | The Distributed Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tThere is a well known midrash [parable<\/i>] about the two brothers, one who had a family and the other who was single, who each night would deliver wheat to each other. The one with the family rationalized: I am so fortunate to have a family, my brother has nothing, let me at least give him extra wheat.<\/p>\n

\tThe single one rationalized: I have no need for all this wheat, my brother has a family, he needs it more.<\/p>\n

\tOne night they met while delivering the wheat to each other, hugged and cried. The place they met became the site of har habayis [Temple Mount, holiest site in Judaism, site of the First and Second Temple<\/i>].<\/p>\n

\n\tA modern version of this midrash has it that the brothers each night go into the others’ field to take wheat. The single brother rationalized: My brother is so fortunate to have a family. I have nothing, Let me at least enjoy a larger portion of wheat. The brother with the family rationalized: I have a family, I need more wheat, so I will go to my brother’s field and take wheat from him. <\/p>\n

One night they met, fought, and the site of their meeting became the Knesset [legislative branch of the Israeli government<\/i>].<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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