On Sukkos, do we throw away the winning lottery ticket?
By Rabbi Hillel Goldberg http://www.jewishworldreview.com | Parable #1: Is this guy nuts, or what? He buys a lottery ticket. In fact, he has been buying lottery tickets for decades. Of course, he has never won. But this time, he compares his ticket with the winning numbers. He is the winner! This is Powerball. The jackpot is over $20 million! So what does this guy do? He tears up the winning ticket and throws it away. This is a parable. What is its moral, its message? To help clarify the matter, I devise five more parables. They all have the same message. Hint: If you went to the synagogue or temple on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, you’ve either got the answer or glimpsed it. Parable #2: A baseball team struggles all season long for first place, always changing places with the same team. Finally, on the last day of the season, the two teams end in a tie. The team that wins the playoff game then goes on to win the division championship. This pennant winner is now headed for the World Se
