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Jin turned his camera toward the drums. When they stopped, his neighbor turned the other way.
Jin went to the neighborhood parade and stood next to a neighbor at the roadside.
He held up his camera and waited for the first group.
The drums are getting louder. I'll get a shot of that band.
Jin followed the band with his camera while his neighbor listened to the drums.
The drums have stopped. I think there's another group coming.
The crowd grew quiet and parted along the sides of the street.
I'll listen for a moment, too.
Jin lowered his camera. They listened together for the next group.
The earlier troops passed with a clamor. When quiet fell, Rav Sheshet took it as a sign that the king was about to come.
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Berakhot 58a:10–11 · Read the source ↗While Jin followed the band through his camera, his neighbor noticed when the drums stopped. Jin heard the remark and lowered his camera. Even when we stand in the same place, we may pay attention to different things. Ask what someone beside you noticed, and you might discover something you missed.
A modern interpretation for this story
When did focusing on the most noticeable thing make me miss a change nearby?
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In the Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 58a:10–11, Rav Sheshet, who is blind, goes to greet the king. He says the king has yet to arrive when the first two troops pass noisily. When it becomes quiet after the third troop, he concludes that the king is about to come. He explains his reasoning by drawing on Elijah's story in 1 Kings 19. The wisdom line paraphrases this passage. Jin, his neighbor, the street parade and the dialogue are modern fiction created with AI assistance and inspired by the account.
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