You know my shame, and my embarrassment, and my humiliation. (Psalms 69:20)

Tam and Chacham respected every person. Chacham tended to treat those with learning just a bit more. Tam, on the other hand, did not discriminate between people, but honored everyone equally, regardless of a person’s background or beliefs. Never did he say a disrespectful word to anyone.

Tam and Chacham were once walking along a path in the woods with a couple of students when a man with a speech impediment approached them to ask for directions to the doctor’s house in the village. Feeling uneasy about leaving the students and Tam alone in the woods, Chacham decided to give the man directions to the doctor’s house by pointing out the way. Tam asked one of the students to come with him to escort the man all the way to the doctor’s house while Chacham and the other student waited for them to return.

When Tam and the student returned, he explained that he did not want the man to have to ask someone else for directions so as not to be too embarrassed to show his speech impediment to yet another person. “He approached us because he saw a group of men dressed as respectable teachers and students and felt secure that we would not ridicule him. I wanted to save his having to ask again and thereby spare him any unnecessary embarrassment.” explained Tam.

May all your tales end with Shalom (peace)

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