Fables of the Talmud and the Midrash

Preliminary Study, Selection, and Notes: Manes Kogan
Design and Illustrations: Marcelo Ferder
English Translation: Sandy Berkofsky-Santana

 
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Fable 22: The Hen and her Chicks

The hen, when its chicks are small, shelters them under her wings, warms them and finds them food. But when they are grown, if they try to approach her, she pecks them on the head and says, “Go (find food) in your own waste.”

--Leviticus Rabbah 25:5

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