Fables of the Talmud and the Midrash

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

 
Table of Contents  |  Introduction  |  About Fables, Midrash and Talmud   |  Teacher's Manual
Fable 4: The Owner of the Hill and the Owner of the Ditch

Once there were two men: one had a hill in the middle of his field and the other a ditch. The owner of the ditch thought, “Who will sell me a hill?” while the owner of the hill thought, “Who will sell me a ditch?”

One day the two met, and the owner of the ditch said to the owner of the hill, “Sell me your hill.”

Upon which the owner of the hill replied, “Take it!”

--Babylonian Talmud Megillah 14a

NOTES
© Copyright 2024 Editorial Judía for Latin America & Manes Kogan.
Total or partial reproduction of this work without written permission of the editors is prohibited.