WRONG ONE WRONGED
While traveling on a train, a wealthy Jewish merchant treated a poor old man with rudeness and disdain. When they arrived at their common destination, the merchant found the station thronged with pious Jews waiting in ecstatic joy to greet one of the holiest rabbis in all of Europe. The merchant surmised to his chagrin that the poor old man riding in his compartment was this saintly rabbi. Embarrassed at his disgraceful behavior and distraught that he missed a golden opportunity to speak in privacy with a wise and holy man, the merchant pushed his way through the crowd to find the old man. When he reached the rabbi, he begged his forgiveness and requested his blessing. The old rabbi looked at him and replied, “I cannot forgive you. To receive forgiveness you must go out and beg it from every poor old man in the world.” Source unknown
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