Rabbi Playing Golf...
The great Rabbi of a big city is a golf addict. He likes nothing like
playing golf on a warm sunny afternoon. Unfortunately, on shabbat, he has to
refrain himself. This is a big dilemma for his soul : the temp- tation to
play golf, and the consciousness of doing wrong if he tries to do it on
shabbat.
On a summer saturday afternoon, his soul is in dire straits : he was never
so tempted of playing golf. The sky is blue, the grass is green, his clubs
look at him with sardonic eyes (metaphor :-)) ... Finally, with great
self-reproach and bad consciousness, he yields to temptation. He puts a fake
beard on, sun glasses, and goes to the tee.
As he does this, the Lord is in the sky, looking at him very angrily. The
first Angel is at the Lord's side, protesting : "Lord, look at this great
Rabbi who goes playing golf on shabbat ! This is shameful ! This is a
disgrace ! This is a scandal ! You MUST do something !". God, in cold rage,
answers : "Oh, don't worry, you bet I will do something." And on they look
on earth ...
After a while, the Rabbi is about to shoot the first ball. He raises his
club, and .... five hundred meters away, sends DIRECTLY THE BALL INTO THE
HOLE !
The first Angel, astonished, looks at God : "What ... what are you doing ?
This is the great Rabbi, playing golf on shabbat, which is a terrible sin,
and you let him make the best shoot he ever did ... ?!?" To which the Lord
answers : "Yes ... and to whom will he be telling it, eh ?"
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