Story of Larry- A moshal (guess the nimshal)

Don’t spend money on women you don’t know.

Retards will mess up even when trying to just listen to experts?

(I know some fools, and some morons, and doofuses, and dolts, and stupidheads, etc., and don’t want to be insensitive by calling Larry any of those.)

People don’t like to be stared at from every angle,

especially by a dead person in a painting.

So the proof is in the pudding er.. rather painting.. um… fragments of painting, that that was in fact the genuine Mona Lisa.

There is a sucker born every minute.

Sounds like you might have had a tough day, Aries. Hope all goes well for you.

And thanks so much for acknowledging us.

You gotta strike the iron while its hot!

TL;DR

What part of this thread was offensive to you HaLeiVi?

Nimshal, no matter how much you try to be something or someone that you are not, you are NOT fooling anyone. You still remain the fool.

nothing in a moshal is what it appears rather a symbol for something else, think bigger.

Ok, so you are looking for bigger and more creative.

I will explain it:

Ahhh. But it doesn’t say what his goal is. We will discuss that.

He was ushered in and began to explain his keen desire to break into the exclusive group of collectors and art patrons he had been pursuing for so many years.

He wants to “break in”. Why is he telling an art dealer that he is a thief? Perhaps he sells his stolen goods to the art dealer.

Why did he make him gaze at the door? Why not just tell him to go through the door?

This was apparently a form of witchcraft.

If it held only fragments, how did it look like anything? How does a frame hold fragments? Don’t they fall?

This is an allusion to the luchos which were carved all the way through and yet the pieces did not fall out.

Everyone knows the Mona Lisa is not a painting but a photocopy. I have seen it numerous times always as a photocopy.

This is an allusion to water which sometimes shows reflected trees and mountains, yet is not a tree or mountain.

To a thief, any price is too high. So why did he ask a price? Because even when you steal it is important to know the value of what you have.

Now, to return to the original question: What was Larry’s goal that he hoped to fulfill?

He wanted to become a basketball player.

The story does not say he hoped to fulfill the goal here- it just says he was currently filled with hope that he would fulfill the goal.

The moral of the story is to not assume anything.

gaw: perhaps for those interested in laitzonus

PBA’s Nimshal:

The moral of the story is to not assume anything.

Always investigate, always ask. Yiddishkeit is not a religion of “don’t ask that, that is Apikorsus”. Scientia potentia est(Knowledge is power), and without it, you will get it wrong. The Choftez Chaim in the beginning of the third chelek of Mishna Berura says that someone who doesn’t learn Hilchos Shabbos will be Mechallel it, just as one who doesn’t know what the Mona Lisa looks like will buy something that claims to be it based on “trust” and “hearsay”.

Your Nimshal:

Larry a searching non frum Jew, Dealer offering a “fragmented” view of Judaism when the real deal is on display before thousands daily but not in Larry’s neighborhood. The money Larry offers a nimshal for the investment of soul one puts in ones religious lifechoices.

I still don’t get what trust, money & a frame on a sturdy display have anything to do with your supposed point. Also, the dealer is an obvious Con. Are you saying the Kiruv Rabbis are Cons?

But if that is what you feel the Nimshal is, Kol HaKavod.

PBA’s point makes much more sense, and fits the story better.