The Lesson of Double Spigots on the Barrel of Wine

“There once was a man who had a barrel full of wine. He used to pour the wine from it through a spigot at the bottom of the barrel, and this took ten minutes. Someone told the owner of the barrel, ‘Make another tap in the barrel, and the wine will pour through both of them in five minutes!’

The owner of the barrel replied, ‘I would listen to your wise advice, if I could extract more wine from the barrel than the amount of wine that is in it. Since I can’t do that, why do I need a second tap? Boruch Hashem, I have enough time to wait five more minutes...’

Reprinted from the Parshas Vayechi 5786 email of The Way of Emunah: Collected Thoughts on the Weekly Parshah from Rabbi Meir Isamar.