How One Girl Saved a Mall from a Terrorist Bombing

0:00This Torah class is brought to you by Torahanytime.com and it can serve as a form of a torment. There's a concept called tanis arabic. For example, if you have a strong desire for something, let's say you go to a restaurant because you enjoy a particular steak they serve, and instead you order something else. Or if you're eating something very tasty, something really gishmak. And you choose not to finish it. You leave over the last piece and don't indulge in it. That small act of self-restraint is considered a sacrifice for Asha. In a sense, it is like bringing a carbon to Asha.

1:01And with that, I'd like to share with you an incredible story. In March of 2009, a terrorist packed his car with 70 pounds of explosives and he parked it near a supporting pillar at the Sinimal in Haifa. It had the potential to bring down the entire mole with all the people in it. The three-story mole contains 23 movie theaters and over 100 stores. And it was crowded with choppers at the time. We cannot even begin to imagine the magnitude of destruction that could have occurred. But miraculously, the detonation mechanism malfunctioned, causing only a very small explosion. And the alert passed by, notice some smoke coming out of the car. He called police. They brought in the bomb squad, and they safely diffused the explosives. Everyone, even them Prime Minister Ed O'Mart, recognized that they had been speared by Asha. It was clearly an open miracle. But the question is, why were they speared? So now, let me share with you the rest of the story.

2:01Several weeks earlier, a teenage girl in Haifa, not religious, had been complaining of severe stomach pains. Her parents took her to the doctor. And after a battery of tests, she was diagnosed with a malignant tumor that had metastasized. The doctors delivered the devastating news. There was nothing they can do for her. The only thing they can do is to give her medication to keep her comfortable. They estimated she only had weeks to live. But the family refused to give up. They may not have been observant, but hope is deeply embedded in the jurors' soul. They pleaded with the doctors to try something, anything to save their daughter's life. Finally, the doctors agreed to schedule surgery for the next day. And since they believed that the chances of success were extremely low, they signed the young inexperienced surgeon thinking, with the pleas, give them good practice. They say, there are no atheists in the faxal. So that night, the girl began to cry out to Hashem.

3:02She said, Hashem, I know I'm not perfect. And I probably do not deserve any favors from you. In ancient times, when we had a Mesamic Dush, a person would confess their sins and bring a carbon. Today, we have no Mesamic Dush. We have no carbonous. We have no cahanan. But I still want to bring you a carbon. She walked into our closet. She gathered all of her in-mouthed clothing. She carried it outside her yard. And she made a big pile. And lit a match. And as the flames rose, she cried out. Hashem, this is my carbon. The next morning, she went to the hospital wearing her robe. She had nothing else to wear. Her entire wardrobe had been offered as a carbon. The doctors took her into surgery. And suddenly, they discovered something astonishing. The tumor had not metastasized at all. It was completely contained and benign. They removed it. And she walked out of the hospital perfectly healthy.

4:02She had experienced an open miracle. When she told the friends what had happened, they were deeply inspired. They too decided to begin dressing modestly. So the next day, they gathered together. They bought all of their in-mouthed clothing and made a huge bomb fire. The girls were now left with nothing presentable to wear. It's no problem. That is what malls are for. They all went together to celebrate their newly accepted modesty by shopping for new clothing. When that terrorist bomb was set to go off, those girls were at the mall, shopping for new modest clothing. What a story. We don't have a base to make this today. We don't have a Ms. Behr. But the ability to bring a carbon still exists today. Every time a person restrains himself, every time a person gives up something for our shame, every time a person sacrifices a desire for the sake of doing what is right, that itself becomes a carbon. And those sacrifices,

5:02those small acts of devotion have the power to bring incredible brochets and issuers. And now we know. Have a wonderful day. Just experienced another Torah class. Brought to you by Torahanytime.com.