Posted on 11/12/2013 7:00:03 AM PST by JoeProBono
NEW HAVEN, Conn., A Connecticut rabbi who purchased a desk for less than $200 on Craigslist said he found $98,000 in cash hidden inside.
Rabbi Noah Muroff of New Haven said he and his wife brought the desk home and discovered it would not fit through the door of their office without being disassembled, WTNH-TV, New Haven, reported Monday.
"Behind the drawers there is this plastic bag, like a shopping," Muroff said. "In the bag, I could already see through the bag, it looks like a one hundred dollar bill.
"We open it up and it's full of cash. And we counted up and there's $98,000 cash sitting in the bag," he said.
Muroff said he and his wife called the desk's former owner, who said she had hidden her inheritance in the desk long ago and forgotten the hiding place.
The rabbi said he and his wife were happy to return the cash to the grateful woman. He said the most important thing in life is to be honest.
Huh, a real Bag Lady.
nice desk
The IRS will make sure the original owner is honest, thank you very much.
Are you listening, America? Especially Congress?
Best to have a dwelling with at least a 36” entrance door and a straight shot into a room and at least 32” interior doors.
The end goal is far too important to be hampered by “honesty”.
The lady’s lucky she sold the desk to a rabbi.
I think the whole idea of being a rabbi is that someone is looking, and He can see everything.....
yeah, this does not add up at all. Almost surely it was criminally-sourced funds.
“she had hidden her inheritance in the desk long ago and forgotten the hiding place.”
Just d-mn!
......and not to me.
The lady was lucky it was found by a rabbi.
She “inherited” 98K in crisp counter wrapped bills?
God Bless this Rabbi and his wife.
I never buy anything new. Salvation Army, yard sales, hand-me-downs, that’s how I roll.
So I’m going to be taking apart my furniture this afternoon.
why broadcast it??? dumbest thing you can do...
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