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CHASSIDISHE STORY ON THE PARSHA
פרשת תולדות
Parshas Toldos
ויעקב איש תם יושב אהלים (תולדות כה:כז)
Yakov was a wholesome man, abiding in tentsReb Yechezkal Shraga of Shineva zt’’l married at the tender age of sixteen. The government requested testing him to see if he was mature enough to marry. Reb Yechezkal Shraga’s mother accompanied him to the test.
One of the questions was: “Whom do you love more, a Jew or non-Jew?” His mother whispered that he should answer ‘both the same.’
However, Reb Yechezkal Shraga answered, “A non-Jew who never harmed me, there is no reason for me to hate him.”
The questioner was satisfied with his answer and permitted him to marry.
When they left, Reb Yechezkal Shraga told his mother, “I couldn’t fool myself that the questionnaire should think that I like the Jew and non-Jew equally!”
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