White Socks

Edward Reichman was a property developer and the brains behind Canary Wharf.

He was also billionaire, who had lawyers at his beck and call.

When he passed away, a lawyer showed up with word that the deceased had left two wills.

The first will was to be read immediately as it contained information pertaining to the funeral and the second will was to be read thirty days after the passing .

Quicky scanning the first will, the children were suprised to see the only request was for their father to be buried in his favorite pair of white socks.

Despite threats of lawsuits, much screaming and tears, the Jewish burial society refused to bury the late billionaire in anything other than the burial shrouds mandated by Jewish law.

Said the Chevra Kadisha: ‘While the socks may have been important to your father while he was alive, he certainly knows better now that he is in the world of truth.’

Thirty days later, the family gathered to hear their father’s final words to them.

‘By now,’ read the lawyer relaying the message from the grave, ‘I am buried according to Jewish law. I lived my life according to the way I believe G-d wanted me to live. Neither my billions of dollars worth of real estate, stocks, bonds or apartment in Israel were able to get me buried in those white socks.’

‘Don’t worry, dear children. I don’t need the socks where I am now. Because, with all of my billions, I knew that when my turn came to die, I couldn’t even take with me a pair of socks.’

‘All we have to take with us is what we give away. What we give to our children, our grandchildren, whatever we give to others is what we will be allowed to keep for eternity.’

Source R’ Dovid Winiarz (the Facebuker Rebbe)