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"I am Gimpel the fool. I don’t think myself a fool. On the contrary.

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But that’s what folks call me" (994).

Gimpel

These are the opening lines of the story. Here, Gimpel establishes the story's central tension: that between the town of Frampol and Gimpel himself. The townspeople believe that, because of his trusting nature, Gimpel is foolish.

Gimpel, however, perceives the world differently and comes to recognize that he is only determined to be a "fool" to provide entertainment to everyone else.

"It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil.

You are not a fool.

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They are the fools. For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself" (995).

Rabbi

When Gimpel was young, he went and sought the advice of the rabbi in Frampol. The rabbi provides a comforting allusion to the bible in order to assure Gimpel that he must refrain from acts of vengeance or anger.

However, the rabbi's encouraging words are immediately upended when Gimpel le