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6 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying also to the talmidim, A certain oisher (rich man) had a sochen (steward, estate manager or agent), and the charge brought against him was that he was squandering the property of the oisher (rich man).
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And having called him, the oisher said to the sochen, What is this I hear about you? Submit to a bikoret beshbonot (audit) for that which is under your pekuddat (stewardship care), for you are no longer able to be sochen.
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And the sochen said to himself, What may I do, because Adoni takes away the pekuddat from me? I am not strong enough to dig, I am ashamed to beg.
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Oh! I have daas of what I may do, that when I am removed from the work of the sochen, they may receive me into their batim.
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And having summoned his Adon’s debtors one by one, he was saying to the first, How much do you owe Adoni?
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And he said, One hundred jugs of olive oil. And the sochen said to him, Take your bill, sit down, quickly write fifty.