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Timely Stories - Y.Tilles — Acharei Mos 5784

Выпуск: Timely Stories - Y.Tilles — Acharei Mos 5784. Темы: не определены автоматически. the "TillesTells Saturday Night Stories” WhatsApp group A SERIES OF IMPOSITIONS A Lubavitcher chasid named Pinchas related the following personal story to Rabbi Sholom Avtzon (see ‘Source’ credit at end) Last year [1976] at Elul time, during the final weeks before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, my wife and I flew from New York to Los Angeles to celebrate the upsherinish (first haircut on 3rd birthday) of our grandson. Fumbling with his two hat boxes and suitcases, the overturning of his cart, the immediate response of the people to come to his aid, the inability to take the luggage to the car, my wife’s incredulity when I refused to help him take his belongings into shul, all this and more, my opinion that he was nothing but a shlimazel. May our Father in heaven who knows all our flaws nevertheless judge us with compassion, and may we all merit to be blessed with the fulfillment of all of our desires, including, and especially, the coming of Moshiach speedily, even before the new year. I replied that all I had is this week’s (English-Hebrew soft-covered booklet,) Chayeinu, and after my wife studies in it her chitas (daily portions of Chumash, Tanya and Tehillim), I will happily bring it over. Although I felt this person was a little bit of a shlimazel (an unfortunate a/o a bungler), I graciously went over and helped him take his remaining belongings off the carousel and place them on his cart. Keeping my thoughts to myself, I replied, “I didn’t notice it, but the car is a block away and you can come and take a look for yourself between Mincha and Maariv (the Evening Prayer). When we arrived at the car rental, I helped him once again with his luggage and advised him that my car was preassigned and we just had to take our belongings and proceed to the car. I immediately went into instant replay mode, and in a number of milliseconds reviewed the entire interaction with this man from the time he first approached me on the plane. He then turned to me and said, “I am coming from Jerusalem to America in order to raise funds for a chesed (kindness) organization that my father of blessed memory founded. Much to my surprise, my wife exclaimed, “Aren’t you going to help him with the suitcases?!” I replied, “Definitely not!” She seemed taken aback, but did not say anything.

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Timely Stories - Y.Tilles

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1 мая 2024 г.

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