The Blindfold | Rabbi Yechiel Spero

0:00In his Haggadashel Pesach, Rev. Shimon Schwab tells over a fascinating story that took place with the Khazenish. The Khazenish was the undisputed Godel Hadar in the late 40s and early 50s. He was someone that the entire world came to for advice, for guidance, for their most difficult and pressing problems. The Khazenish always had the answer. He was called Kuletura. And one time, the Khazenish comes out of his apartment. Khazenish was not someone who played games. Khazenish was very serious-minded. But on this day, on this very, very hot summer day, the Khazenish came out with a blindfold in his hand and he said, can you look, want to play a game? And they looked at him. They thought it was unusual. They knew the Khazenish was, but he said, I have to go somewhere. How about we play a game? I will be blindfolded. And you can have a

1:00good time. You'll tell me where to step. And when I arrive at my destination, and the children were overjoyed, what could be better than playing this game with the Khazenish. And that's what they did. Step by step. Until finally, they arrived at the destination. And the Khazenish asked them if they could wait a half hour. And then, the Khazenish played the same game with them on the way back. It only dawned on them decades later what the Khazenish was really doing. The Khazenish did not want to have to go through the Nisayin of Shul Nisayin. So he made it into a game. They would never realize it. And he would be protected from seeing something that could be damaging to his Nisayin.