First Class Ticket | Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

foreign [Music] s a simple farmer is tilling his field and then he hits the motherload gold and a lot of it a wealthy financier who lives in a big city hears about this and he offers him a fortune for this field the financial sends him a nice Advance payment and asks him to meet him at his office where they'll close the deal the big city is about a two-week trip from his village if he travels by Horsemen he's heard of this newfangled invention called the train he goes to the central train station to buy a ticket the lady behind the counter asks him what type of ticket he wants first second or third class she sees he's not too sure so she says third class tickets get you a place on the train but nothing more you may have to stand the entire trip second class guarantees a seat but it costs more giving him a quick once over she figures there's absolutely no point in describing first class and first class he inquires indignantly rolling her eyes she explains the luxuries of first-class travel she concludes it's only for the very very wealthy sensing her condescension he just had his chin and tells her first class for me Andy pays the exorbitant price the farmer heads of the platform as the train pulls into the station it's still early and most people haven't arrived yet but he notices some passengers boarding the very last car on the train so not wanting to stick out he follows them into the train he watches them as they look around furtively and squeeze between the benches so he does the same he gets himself into a cozy position and in no time he falls asleep the next thing he knows he's being awoken by a furious man who's kicking him and pulling him out from under the bench startled and disoriented he stumbles to his feet and confronts his attacker who are you the man smokes grabs his shirt and speaks right into his face I am the conductor that's who and you low life you you are trying to Hitch a free ride now I'm not I paid top dollar for this first-class City response which elicits a peel of laughter from the other passengers who are relishing this free entertainment he starts fishing around in his pockets and he manages to pull out to their utter surprise a first class ticket the conductor studies the ticket realizes it's authentic and then speaking in the hush tones reserved for the very wealthy ask the farmer sir you have a first class ticket why were you under the bench the farmer's face flushes with embarrassment but that's what everybody else was doing to which the conductor tells him sir you are not everybody else when you're in a crowd of people walking down the street and everyone's head is going right and left up and down looking at every billboard there is at every bit of eye candy that's on show remember you are not everybody else you have greatness inside you you are a member of the greatest family in the world Jewish people you have a first-class ticket that takes you when nobody else can go [Music]