GEN1547 [Accusations should Fit the Person] Rabbi Bunam learned that he had been accused of a misdeed. He turned to his Hasidim and said, “Usually accusations fit the person accused. A lowly person is accused of a low crime, a distinguished man of a higher offense. When Joseph’s brothers were accused of stealing the goblet, Judah exclaimed; “A person like me you accuse of stealing? [this verse begins Judah’s speech in Hebrew with the words
bi, “me.”] I may say the same: of all possible accusations, they accuse me of a crime entirely unsuited to my character!”
Sayings of the Hasidic Rebbes GOODSOC 74
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