A rich man once gave his son some money and said to him:
“Go and distribute the money among the poor.”
The son took the money and went away. In the evening he returned.
His father asked him, “Whom did you give the money to?”
“To this one… and to that one…”
“What did you do?! They are rich! Why did you give it to them?”
“What, Father? Am I wiser than God? If God gave it to them, I gave it to them too…”
Thanks to the Tavor (Cherkian) family.
The story was told by Baruch Tavor and recorded by Liora Behar.
The story is also recorded in the Israel Folktales Archives (IFA), named for Dov Noy at the University of Haifa, serial no. 10217.