The Tale of Two Farmers In the Talmud is a story of two farmers who lived next to one another for years, yet who could not agree on which of them owned a plot of land adjacent to both their farms. One of the men claimed his grandparents had built their home there, so he had rights to it. The other insisted that since his grandparents had planted fig trees on that land, he should get it. Unable to resolve their disagreement, they took their case to the rabbi. The rabbi listened to them. He pulled at his beard and considered the problem. Yet, he, too, was unable to decide…