[Avodah] "Money Talks -- So Did the Donkey"

[Richard Wolberg]

The expression "Money Talks" has always seemed to me, to reflect a  
tremendous cynicism, as well as not the "means" but the "end."
I'm reminded of the aton who spoke to Bilaam. The allegory of Bilaam's  
talking donkey reminds us that speech can lift
the human being above the animals. But when abused, it can become  
nothing more than the words of a jackass.  So it is with the
misuse of money and the phrase "Money Talks" has that subtext.

Hence IMHO I would change "Mi She'yeish Lo Ha'mei'os Yeish Lo  
Ha'dei'os" to "Mi she'yeish lo ha'dei'os yeish lo ha'mei'os"
and likewise "Der vos hot di mei'eh hot di dei'eh" to "Der vos hot di  
dei'eh hot di mei'eh".

"Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high a  
price for it."
A. Bloch. Edward R. Murrow, This I Believe, 1952, p. 10

"A small coin before the eyes will hide all from sight.
Lipkin, q Tenuat HaMusar, i.272, Tel Aviv, Betan HaSefer, 5706 
  
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