I got a letter not long ago from a wonderful Christian minister involved in a lifetime of good works, whose daughter married a nonobservant Jew. The family had welcomed him with love. The nomination of Sen. Joseph Lieberman as the US Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate has engendered a slew of reportage and commentary about Orthodox Judaism, both in America and here in Israel. Behold I give before you this day a blessing and a curse, the blessing when you hearken to the words of the Lord your God, which I command you this day. A little-known tale about Vespasian and his son Titus, who respectively led the invasion of Judea and the destruction of Jerusalem, says that after the father imposed a tax on public urinals the son protested, saying the measure drew contempt on the Roman empire.
Money has no smell.
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