What does Weather have to do with Religion?

No, this is not an essay mocking the religion of global warming. I wouldn’t dare; for there is no free speech allowed on that topic…

Yossel was a merchant who sold precious stones for a living. Most of his money was made during the yearly fare in the city of Leipzig during the month of January. This was an event that Yossel could not afford to miss.Good old mother Russia’s weather is totally unpredictable, especially in the winter.
So it came to pass one year, that to Yossel’s dismay the winter hit really hard, covering the countryside with snow and sleet, making it nearly impossible to make the three day journey to the fair.
Yossel had to go, so desperately he went around to all the wagon drivers begging them for a ride. No luck. Finally he spotted Moishe the wagon driver who was the adventurous type, so he ran over to him offered him a deal, “Listen Moishe, if you bring to the fair in time, I’ll pay you 10 gold coins, that’s triple the regular pay. But we don’t arrive on time you’ll pay me fifty golden coins for my great loss.”
Moishe, whose brains were the size of a peanut, didn’t hesitate for a moment and without blinking an eye agreed to the deal, ‘This is the best deal of my life’, he thought to himself.ell to make a long story short; Even with all Moishe’s good will, and great talent at schlepping the horses out of the mud, and beating them to a pulp, the inevitable happened; to their great disappointment they pulled into Leipzig as the fair was closing up shop.
Hand over the fifty golden coins!” said Yossel, “a deal is a deal!”Moishe played dumb, “What fifty, where fifty, I’m not paying you a penny!”
Yossel fumed, “Ganef! Thief! Give me the money you owe me!”
Not a chance!”
“I’m taking you to the rabbi!”
“That’s fine with me!”
The rabbi patiently listened to Yossel’s tale of woe, and turned to Moishe, “Is it true that you promised to pay Yossel fifty golden coins if you would not arrive on time for the fair?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’m sorry, but you must pay the money immediately!”
Moishe was unfazed, “Says who?”
“The Torah, given to the Jews on Mount Sinai 3000 years ago says so!”
Moishe was not so dumb after all, “Let’s face the facts rabbi. When was the Torah given? In the summer time! Where? In the desert! Well, I could promise you that were the Torah to be given in Russia, in middle of the winter, it would say something totally different…”

Back to the present. I’m sure you recognize the modern day Moishe, the one who has an answer for everything: Blowing a ram horn on Rosh Hashanah? That was before PETA! Modesty? Before the sixties! Shabbat candles? Not healthy for the environment. Respect your parents??? and the list goes on.
Hello! It was the same Torah for Moses in the desert, for King David in Israel, for Daniel in exile, for Moshke in the Shtetel and for Joe in 21st century America. It’s time to go back to the system that has worked throughout the centuries.
Nothing has changed! Except for the global temperature that is (or maybe not).

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