2 AM at the Kosel — And Then an Incredible Miracle

0:00This Torah class is brought to you by Torahanytime.com Rashi, as we know, always says, I'm here for the simple interpretation. But now, he goes a bit of a silicy sharm on us. And he draws the Kava Kaima. He says, if the Torah is so careful about not discreasing the stones of them as they are, objects that are inanimate, objects that don't feel embarrassment, how much more so must we be careful not to discrease another human being, who is alive, who has feelings, who has created but seldom like him? But the question is, why is this Kava Kaima so obvious?

1:04Who would ever think that this creasing a person is worse than discreasing them as they are? If I were to ask you, who is worse, so-no-spits at another Jew, or so-no-spits at a Koysel? Most people would say, spitting at the Koysel is far worse. After all, the Koysel is part of the Makamai Miktash, and the Mizbeach is even holier. It stands inside the Miktash itself. So, how can Rashi say that it is obvious that discreasing a person is even more severe than discreasing the stones of the Mizbeach? So, once heard an incredible idea. As holier the Mizbeach is, as holier the Koysel is, as holier the Miktash is, it does not compare to the Kadusha of a Jew. A Muslim being created by Selam al-Akim carries a level of holiness that far surpasses even the most sacred places in the world. The base of Miktash is holy because Hashem's presence rests there. But a Jew is holy because Hashem's image is engraved inside them.

2:08And that is the lesson Rashi is teaching us. A Yid is holier than the Makamai Miktash itself. What an amazing idea. And with that, I'd like to share with you an incredible story. Late one Thursday evening, two young men living in Ancestral decided to drive from Ashda to the Koysel. They drive there, they dive in there, they spend some time there, and then they returned to Ashda, around 2 a.m. As they passed the local shul, they noticed something unusual. The lights were on, and they wondered. Why would the lights be on if no one is inside? It's a waste of electricity. They go inside, they see a Kalyunga man in his thirties. He's sitting there in the bench and he's crying. They walk over to him, they ask him, what's wrong? And he says, my wife threw me out of the house tonight. She told me, I may be learning Torah, but I'm not taking care of my family. There's no food in the house, and the children went to bed hungry. We don't even have a piece of bread in the house, no soup to wash the kids.

3:12I didn't know where else to go, so I came here, and I turned to a cottage barco, and I asked, what do I do now? The two young men said to him, we have some bread, we have some soup, we have some basics. We'll go home and be right back. But as they stepped out of the base mattress, they thought to themselves, some bread and shampoo alone won't solve this problem. So between them, they had 400 check-als. So they decided to find a supermarket, and by this calling the man, everything they would need for Shabbos. But at two o'clock in the morning in Ashtad, there was only one place open, a convenience store called 24-7. They were on comfortable shopping there because it was open on Shabbos, literally 24-7. But they knew that this young man could not go home empty handed. So they went inside, and they bought him some halal and meat, fish, groceries, and soap and shampoo. Everything he needs. Every shackle they had was spent.

4:14As they loaded the bags in the car, they realized that it would be uneasy if they knew that the food came from a store that was open on Shabbos. So they began transferring everything into plain bags. All the notes to them, the store owner had been watching, and he approached them. And he asked them, what are you doing? And they explained their dilemma. They expected anger and mockery from the store owner. But instead, the man broke down crying. He said to them, I'm not yet religious. But I've been growing. I was learning regularly with Haverusa two hours a week, and it changed my life. But now, he moved away. I lost that connection. Tonight, I pray to Hashem. I want to come closer to you. Please help me reconnect. And now, at 2 o'clock in the morning, you walk into my store to help a Kalyunga man. And then, the owner of the market turns to these two in the light, and he makes them an offer. Kavins this Kalyunga man to learn with me two hours a week, and I will give him my sir for my store,

5:17and he will have steady support. But Kakhaba, and so it was. He was able to continue learning in Kailal, and his home stabilized. And the store owner, he began learning again, and he continued growing in the Siddish guide. But this is not the end of the story. A few months later, the store changed his name, and it's signed. No longer 24-7, it became 24-6. What a story. And this is the Kavakhama Rashi's teaching us. He shalimes Holi, the Kaiselans Holi, the Mesbecha's Holi, Harabai's Holi. But as these four Yidna are showing us, it does not compare to the Kadusha of a Yid. And now, we know, have a wonderful day. You've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torahanytime.com.