FIRST OF ALL I HAVE TO THANK NACHMAN SELTZER
FOR THE LOVELY ARTICLE 18 AUGUST 2011
THE REBBE'S LETTER.
MY NAME IS GABY LOCK I CAME TO GER AFTER PESACH 1962.
IT WAS ONLY HALF A YEAR AFTER THE OPENING OF THE
BEIS HAMEDRASH.
IT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE TISH OF THE BEIS YISROEL
ABOUT 9-20 P.M.
I WAS SITTING ON A SIDE TABLE WITH ITCHE MEIR ALTER AND A FEW
OTHERS TALKING.
ITCHE MEIR ALTER WAS THE SON OF SHIMON ALTER ,SADLY HE DIED VERY YOUNG.
SUDDENLY A TALL NON FRUM MAN WALKED PASSED US GOING TO THE STAIRS
TO GO INTO THE BEIS HAMEDRASH.
HE HAD HIS HANDS IN HIS TROUSER POCKETS AND NO HEAD COVERING
I WANTED TO GO UP TO HIM AND TELL HIM THAT YOU
CAN'T GO INTO THE BEIS HAMEDRASH LIKE THAT,
BUT ITCHE MEIR SAID TO ME,
" DON'T SAY A THING TO HIM. FOLLOW HIM AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."
AS HE CAME UPSTAIRS AND WENT THROUGH THE BROWN DOORS
IT WAS 9-25 P.M. AND THE BEIS YISROEL CAME INTO THE TISH
IT WENT ALL QUIET.
A BIG CIRCLE OPENED UP AND THE BEIS YISROEL WALKED AROUND THE BEIS HAMEDRASH,
TO SEE WHO WAS IN THE BEIS HAMEDRASH, TO SEND SOME PEOPLE
INTO THE TISH, THIS MAN WAS STANDING
IN THE FRONT ROW STILL NO HEAD COVERING AND HANDS IN HIS TROUSER POCKETS.
A YUNGERMAN, AVROHOM WEISSMEAL SAW THIS AND STOOD IN FRONT OF THIS MAN .
THE BEIS YISROEL SAW THIS AND RAN UP TO AVROHOM WEISSMEAL AND SHOUTED:
( I AM TRANSLATING IT INTO ENGLISH )
"IN MY BEIS HAMEDRASH YOU DON'T PUSH PEOPLE,
BY ME EVERY BODY HAS A PLACE."
AVROHOM WEISSMEAL MOVED AWAY
AND THE BEIS YISROEL LOOKED AT THIS MAN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
FOR A FEW MINUTES.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAN I DO NOT KNOW.
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THE LESSON I LEARNED,
BY THE RIBBONO SHEL OLAM EVERY BODY HAS A VALUE.
1 comment:
You do realise Rabbi Lock that your TV chaverim (have you any others!)are all sitting in springfield park on shabbos and texting away. As reported in the meeting of rabbonim in hamodia. Aren't you ashamed of yourself!
Well if youre not you should be.
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