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R a v ster and find whatever we like. We can eat to
G ed al y a our hearts’ content without investing any ef-
Like a Cat Eiseman, fort! You must agree that we are better off than
zt”l, the you, mortal men!’”
Mashgiach Rav Gedalya turned to his talmid and ex-
of Kol To- plained, “Truthfully, aren’t the cats right? They
rah in Yerushalayim, was once walking home don’t lack anything and they have no boundar-
from Shacharis along with a talmid. As they ies. They can eat whatever, whenever, wherever.
passed a large garbage dumpster, they heard a But, at the end of the day, their sustenance
cat purring. No unusual sight for the streets of comes from the dumps. They feed on dirt and
Yerushalayim. trash that smells so bad that we people would
But, Rav Gedalya stopped and turned to his run across the street…”
talmid. “Do you know,” he said, “that this cat is Finally, Rav Gedalya explained what he was
talking to us? Do you understand what the cats getting at. “Those who don’t carry the full yoke
tell us?” of Torah and mitzvos look toward us the same
The talmid was quiet. He had no idea what way. They mock us and proudly feel that they
the Mashgiach was getting at. are better off than us – living a life without any
“The cats look up toward us men and say, limitations or restrictions. They claim to be
‘Why do you consider yourself greater than us? happier because they have nothing holding
We are wealthy compared to you! Our situation them back.
is much better. You see, when a human being is “Yet, an ehrliche Yid will look upon such
hungry, he must go through much hassle to permissiveness and realize that such an atti-
prepare his food. First, he must go to the store tude is much like the cats’. True, they have
and hope that he will find the products he is whatever they want – but it all comes from the
looking for on the shelves. He must carry the dumps, and smells like the dumps. In contrast,
bags home and begin the cooking process. a yarei Shamayim sticks to the boundaries and
Then he must set the table with a plate, fork, regulations set by the Torah and our gedolim,
and knife. And, sometimes, a guest will walk in and in this way, ensures that everything he
just then and he will have to share his food. takes in is pure and on a higher plane.
‘But we, cats, don’t have to go through any of “Tell me,” Rav Gedalya concluded, “Who is
that! We simply run up to the garbage dump- experiencing the real pleasure?!”

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