The God Squad: Happy New Year!
The puzzled student asked, "Teacher, what is the difference between Heaven and Hell?"
The Teacher smiled and said, "In Heaven, the people are feeding each other."
Our bread must not just feed us. Our bread must feed each other. The lechem panim only fed the priests. The bread of our world must feed the world.
Bread is also a lesson to give thanks for the little things.
A friend of ours was invited for dinner at Bill Paley’s mansion on Searingtown Road in Manhasset, Long Island. Bill was the CEO of CBS. They were eating in his immense and ornate formal dining room and at the beginning of the meal a butler brought Bill a dinner roll on a silver plate. In a strange and intricate ritual, Bill first smelled the roll and then caressed the roll, and then tore the roll apart and ate it slowly with his eyes closed. My friend asked him what he was doing, and Bill answered him, “If I can appreciate this roll, then I can appreciate everything else I have.”
Bread leads us to gratitude and gratitude leads us to God. There are fancier lessons I could teach you but none more important than the lessons of bread.
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