Please note: All characters and events appearing in this work are entirely fictitious. Any resemblance to actual people or events is hashgacha pratus. Chelm: In Jewish folklore Chelm was a town reputed to be inhabited by fools. Where problems almost always centered on silly solutions. Some of these solutions display foolish wisdom, while others are simply wrong.
This is a story about a pink sweater that Reb Nechemya stole from Yankel. Well, I shouldn't really say that because he was never found guilty. Sure, the evidence was overwhelming, but he was never brought to justice. As a matter of fact, even today, almost no one in Chelm is ever found guilty. Interested in knowing why? Let me tell you the story...
Reb Nechemya was a respected man in Chelm and so when Yankel accused Reb Nechemya of stealing his pink sweater it was difficult to believe it. Reb Nechemya was not the type to steal. In fact, Reb Nechemya ran the entire finance and charity of Chelm, so to accuse him of stealing really made no sense. Yankel was just a child (I should say it happened when he was a child). Now he is a grown man and wants his sweater back. It does seem kind of strange that he waited all these years to speak up. Truthfully he had no choice because as a child no one would believe him. Children tend to have huge imaginations and their “brains are not fully developed”. A child in Chelm is never believed. So Yankel waited until he was 18 and he could stand up for himself.
