Pillow Book of Talmud Wisdom

Chapter 27 Breaking a Covenant Is Blaspheming God—Jews on Covenant (1)
The Jews' belief in the contract has reached the level of worship, so on the one hand, it is impossible for them to do things that do not perform the contract, and on the other hand, they are very familiar with the contract, and they are not bound by the contract as others imagined. Hands and feet, on the contrary, often use their intelligence and skill to make the contract their helper.

As the "Talmud" says: To break a contract is to blaspheme God.

contract above all

Jew Gary does service work for the needy in a Jewish parish.At that time, the world economy was far from developed to the level it is today, so some Jews were still living in poverty.When winter came, the parishioners did not have enough coal to survive the winter, because they did not have enough money to buy coal.Of course, Gary himself did not have so much money to help people solve their difficulties, but he thought of a way, an absolutely reliable and effective way.

He found a coal dealer and negotiated with him about buying coal.However, he first expressed the hope that the coal merchant would donate a batch of coal to poor residents for God's sake.The merchant said, "I won't give you anything for free. But I can sell you fifty wagons of coal at half price."

Galli wrote to say that the coal merchants should first transport 25 wagons of coal.When the coal arrived, the ghetto did not pay and said that no more coal was needed.

Seeing this situation, the coal merchant was very angry. He issued a strongly worded reminder letter, saying that if Gary and the others did not pay again, he would sue.

Soon, the businessman received a reply letter saying: "We can't understand your reminder letter. You promised to sell us 50 carloads of coal minus half, and 25 carloads is exactly equal to the price you subtracted. The 25 carloads We want the coal for the wagons, but we don’t want the coal for the 25 wagons..."

The coal merchants were naturally furious but there was nothing they could do.

This is how the Jews understood their contract.From a logical point of view, this understanding cannot be established.Because half the price of coal is not equal to half the price of coal-the two are only different in price, but there is a fundamental difference in the nature of the event.Since this matter involved such a sensitive issue as "charity", the coal merchant had no choice but to let it go.

The contract is even higher than logic, which is the characteristic of Jewish business.

The Jewish nation attaches great importance to making and keeping the covenant and makes it highly sacred. Therefore, the Jewish nation is called the "contract nation".But in commercial activities, the Jews often sold contracts.They believe that the contract itself is also a commodity, which can also be freely bought and sold.Of course, such a contract must be legal, reliable, and profitable.

The person who sells the contract is equivalent to a person who enjoys the benefits. He does not need to operate the business, nor does he need to perform the responsibilities specified in the contract, and he earns the profits without any effort.

For the Jews who can make money, why not do it?Therefore, as long as they feel that the conditions of both the buyer and the seller are acceptable, they are very happy to sell the contract.Of course, the contracts they bought were limited to merchants they believed to be credible and trustworthy.

The "agent" we often refer to refers to this kind of person who makes a steady profit by buying contracts.The Jews called "agents" "Shankert". They bought the contracts signed by other companies and enterprises, performed the contracts on behalf of the sellers, and profited from them.

Jewish "Shankert" live in every corner of the world.They generally target some trustworthy large companies or manufacturers.The company of Mr. Fujita, a Jew, has frequent contacts with "Panket".

"Hello, Mr. Fujita, what business do you do now?" The Jewish "Shankert" often asks this way.

"I just signed a $10 contract with a high-end women's leather shoe dealer in New York."

"Great! Can you give me this contract? I'll give you [-]% of the cash profit."

The two parties were interested, so a contract sale was quickly concluded.Mr. Fujita obtained [-]% of the cash profit without any effort, and the Jewish "Tankert" also obtained the right to import women's leather shoes, and then obtained greater profits from the sale of leather shoes.Both parties are very satisfied with the result of the transaction.This is the fast business of "Pan Ke Te", which can be described as vigorous and resolute.

After the deal was concluded, "Shan Kete" immediately flew to the leather shoe company in New York with the contract in hand, claiming that the right to import $10 belonged to him.The advantage they have brought by doing this is that they don't need to directly participate in the signing of the contract, but directly buy the contract that meets their own needs.

Of course, the contract sales need to be careful every step of the way, and it requires the "traders" to have keen insight in order to reduce unnecessary losses.The astonishing speed of mental arithmetic, profound knowledge, and profound understanding of the Jews make them geniuses to be "travelers".

No loopholes in the contract
A large part of many cases arising from economic disputes stems from contract disputes, either because the contract is vague and the meaning of the parties is not clear;

One day, an American lawyer asked for an appointment with Mr. Fujita, the "Jew of Japan".At this time, Fujita was busy with his hands, so he didn't agree to the other party.

"Anyway, please spare a moment," the other begged.

"Sorry, I'm really not free." Fujita politely declined.

"Okay then, I'll give you 200 dollars for every hour we talk." The other party made an offer, and Fujita was embarrassed by such a sincere attitude, which meant that there must be something important.

"Okay, then I'll give you 30 minutes."

The lawyer is the legal adviser of a Jewish company in the United States. The company has reached a cooperation agreement with a Japanese trading company. Now it needs a supervisor to monitor whether the Japanese company is abiding by the contract. It will pay 1 US dollars a month and ask Fujita to recommend a suitable person. .The lawyer took out a letter from the company owner to Mr. Fujita: "Because you are a friend of the Jews, the supervisor you introduced must be reliable." After that, the lawyer also took out the cooperation agreement between the company and the Japanese trading company.

After Fujita read it, he couldn't help laughing.From the eyes of the Americans, this may be a perfect agreement, but from the eyes of the Japanese, it is a contract full of loopholes and assassinations.Therefore, Fujita not only pointed out the loopholes in the contract to the lawyer, but also introduced a reliable supervisor.This man was earning easily $1 a month with very little work.Nevertheless, the lawyer was very satisfied, because he not only found the loopholes in the contract early, but also found a suitable supervisor.Otherwise, once Japanese trading companies take advantage of its loopholes, the losses may be unimaginable.

Smart Jews are cautious when signing contracts, racking their brains and never allowing any loopholes.The shopping mall is the battlefield. In the implementation of commercial operations, even when signing a small contract with others, you must not be careless, otherwise it will be easy for the other party to take advantage of the loopholes.

Abide by the contract
The Jews kept their contracts almost astonishingly.When doing business, the Jews fight for every cent and never give up.But in front of the contract, even if you suffer a loss, you will absolutely abide by it.

An exporter signed a contract with a Jewish businessman for 1 boxes of canned mushrooms. The contract stipulated: "20 cans per box, 100 grams per can." But the exporter shipped 1 boxes of 150 grams of mushrooms can.Although the weight of the goods was 50% more than the contract, the Jewish merchants refused to accept the goods.The exporter even agreed not to charge for exceeding the contract weight, but the Jewish businessman still disagreed and demanded compensation.The exporter had no choice but to compensate the Jewish merchant for all the losses, and had to deal with the goods separately.

Jewish businessmen may seem unreasonable, but the truth is not that simple.First of all, because the Jews attach great importance to contracts, the Jews can be said to be "the people of the contract".The essence of Jewish business experience lies in the contract.Once they sign the contract, no matter what difficulties arise, they will never break the contract.Of course, they also require the contracting party to strictly perform the contract, and do not allow any imprecise and tolerant contracts.On the contrary, whoever fails to perform the contract will be considered to have violated the will of God. This is absolutely not allowed by the Jews.

The "Bible" is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. The "Bible" is called the Old Testament because the Jews regard the Old Testament as a contract signed between God and the Israelites.It is believed that the existence of human beings is due to the contract signed with God.Therefore, the Jews are called "the people of the covenant".The People of Contract introduce contracts into business, and believe that contracts are the essence of business and are sacred and inviolable.

Therefore, once the Jews successfully negotiate with the other party and reach a consensus agreement, whether it is an oral agreement or a written agreement, they all think that this is an agreement signed with God.During the execution, no matter what difficulties arise, they will not break the contract.At the same time, they also require the contracting party to strictly perform the contract.

When signing a contract during negotiation, both parties must have a clear goal and accurate semantic expression, and no ambiguity is allowed to be hidden in it.After that, both parties must abide by the contract and must not break the contract.

This is the case with the Jews, who are strict with themselves and others in the execution of contracts.Treat others the same as yourself.If the other party does not strictly perform the contract, the Jews will definitely pursue it strictly and demand compensation for losses mercilessly.

In business dealings or development, the premise is mutual security.To establish this sense of security, both parties need to abide by the contract and abide by the rules.But they often cleverly adapt the contract for their own use without changing the contract.Because in the eyes of the Jews, the key issue in business is not morality and immorality, but legality and illegality, and whether to keep promises or not.

The "Bible" records the contractual relationship between God Yahweh and the Jews: God wants the Jews to be his "specially chosen people", and on the eighth day after the birth of a Jewish man, he must be "circumcised" under the leadership of his parents (the man must be circumcised) circumcision) as evidence of the covenant between God and the Jewish people.Jehovah asked the Jews to go through the suffering of wandering and finally wait for the arrival of the Messiah, the savior.At that time, all people will be saved.He will rain down the rainbow as a witness to the treaty with the Jews.Therefore, the Jews attach great importance to the contract, and believe that the contract is signed with Jehovah, which is an extremely sacred thing.

One of the most important things to win the trust of the Jews is to abide by the contract.No matter what kind of mutation occurs, no matter what kind of special environment you are in, you must spare no effort to abide by the contract.Because for the Jewish people who believe in Judaism, they will never forgive a person who disrespects their god.

Do not trample on the rules casually

The Jews pay special attention to rules and contracts, and they believe that contracts are the reason and basis for human beings to exist.They have formed such a habit when they do things. No matter what kind of things they have a contract and rules, they feel very at ease and safe. If there is no contract and no rules, they will never will do.

(End of this chapter)