Jacob is a young boy with a gift for carpentry who is busy finishing up a project for a contest His teacher Rabbi Simeon not only instructs him in carpentry but also teaches him important lessons about God Rabbi has just taught Jacob that when you give a gift to one of Gods children its like giving a gift to God The night before the contest while working on his project Jacob has fallen asleep in the workshop and is awakened by a bright light The light is a star which is directly over Jacobs fathers stable As he approaches the stable he sees a man a woman and a newborn baby which is laying in the straw Remembering what Rabbi Simeon had told him Jacob returns to the workshop and takes his project a feeding trough to the new family The morning of the contest the Rabbi pleased to find out that Jacob has acted upon the lesson he learned and has truly given a gift to God