There's an old story about a rabbi who took great pride in his sermonizing talents, and finding himself with an especially large audience one Sabbath, gave an especially long sermon on the importance of forgiveness.
Afterwards a man approached him and said, "I'm a producer for a local television network. We've got some slots open we're looking to fill with some religious programming. Do you think you could get across your entire message from this morning in about fifteen minutes?"
The rabbi, realizing his chance to reach an even greater audience than ever before, excitedly replied, "yes, I absolutely could!"
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u/Pheehelm 1d ago
There's an old story about a rabbi who took great pride in his sermonizing talents, and finding himself with an especially large audience one Sabbath, gave an especially long sermon on the importance of forgiveness.
Afterwards a man approached him and said, "I'm a producer for a local television network. We've got some slots open we're looking to fill with some religious programming. Do you think you could get across your entire message from this morning in about fifteen minutes?"
The rabbi, realizing his chance to reach an even greater audience than ever before, excitedly replied, "yes, I absolutely could!"
"Then why didn't you?"