Short story: The robbing Rabbi, was painted as still being a robber, by other Rabbi's

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Rabbi Adona Schumell, had once been a robber. Upon becoming a Rabbi, he, of course, returned all of his previously stolen goods, back to their owners, which took him a long time to do. He had fallen in love with a Rabbi's sister, and before he could marry her, this Rabbi, had made him study the Torah, and this led to him becoming also a Rabbi, himself. Funnily enough, though, after becoming a Rabbi, Rabbi Adona was known for his scrupulous honesty, thereafter. "An angry scholar can never learn." "When one studies the ways of God, God assists him in this study." "One who is too kind, when he should be strict, will, in the end, be too strict, when he should be kind.” were a few of his sayings. Rabbi Adona was a Rabbi for the next 50 remaining years of his life, but as he died, he talked about his robbing days, saying to someone nearby, that his robbing time had taken away from his Rabbi time, but none-the-less, this was a part of his life, and he would not change this at all. Robbing had taught him how to respect others enough not to be caught by them, and he always kept this idea in his Rabbihood too, as he was respectful of others, but he expected no respect back from them, because he would never rob anyone of their time to listen to him, unless he was paid to speak, and then he knew that they were really getting something of worth, for he put all of his effort into giving them more than what they paid for. The money he earnt from his weekly talks though, he always donated to charity. "So, he was a robber early on in his life, and essentially, he died a robber too." "Wisdom, wise words, should not exact a price for them, and Rabbi Adona, should have been pleased to speak for free to his followers." "Robbing others, had perhaps left its taint on him, and so he now had robbed them of their ears." This is what the other Rabbi's said of him For, they also had to pay to hear him! But, he gave them true value in his words, so perhaps he had not robbed them, but actually given them something truly of worth, after-all. "A man is worthy of his hire," says the Christian Bible, in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 10, verse 7. So, perhaps, he was justified in his actions after-all. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The Rabbi always charged for his weekly Rabbinical talks.