I did a Google search and came upon a section of the story-lovers webiste : http://www.story-lovers.com/listsrabbistories.html
Below are the sources cited : Cavanaugh, Brian. "The Rabbi's Gift" _The Sower's Seeds_ (Paulist Press) 0-8091-3138-2 deMello, Anthony. _Taking Flight: A Book of Story Meditations_ (Doubleday, 1988). reproduced online at http://www.cs.duke.edu/~lipyeow/demello/a_hasidic_tale.html Dorff, Francis. "The Rabbi's Gift" _New Catholic World_ 222 (March-April l979), pg. 53. reproduced online at http://www.toad.net/~celc/pastor0502.htm Peck, M. Scott. _A Different Drum_ by published by Arrow Books Ltd, ISBN 0 09 9780305 reproduced online at http://www.community4me.com/rabbisgift.html _Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart : Parables of the Spiritual Path from Around the World_ edited by Christina Fieldman and Jack Kornfield. White, William R. "The Rabbi's Gift" _Stories for the Journey : A Sourcebook for Christian Storyteller_ (Augsburg) 0-8066-2364-0 reproduced online at http://www.stmarks-ral.org/sermons/sr030504.htm Wiesel, Elie. _The Gates of the Forest_ (NY : Avon, c1966), p. 6-10. The final line (on page 10) reads : "G-d made man because he loves stories". B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Librarian Jewish Public Library of Toronto Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org

