SHAME

REBBE SHLOMKE OF ZVHIL ZT"L USED TO SAY THE IDEAL MODE IS TO ENDURE SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT HE SAID I COULD NOT RESIST THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SOME SHAME.

ONCE REBBE SHLOMKE'S  GRANDDAUGHTER CAME TO HIM,AND TOLD HIM ABOUT HOW SHE AND HER FAMILY WERE SUFFERING IMMENSE POVERTY.

THEY ALMOST DID NOT HAVE BREAD TO EAT,  

REBBE SHLOMKE ADVISED HER TO DAVEN AT THE KOSEL, SHE WENT THERE AND POURED HER OUT HER SOUL, WITH PIERCING SOBS AND LOUD TEFILLOS,

 HER SHOUTS DISTURBED ONE OF THE WOMEN  STANDING NEARBY , SHA, SHA, THE LADY KEPT SHOUTING TOWARDS HER, BUT TO NO AVAIL.

REBBE SHLOMKE'S GRANDDAUGHTER CONTINUED CRYING OUT ALL HER PAIN IN HER PRAYERS.

WHEN SHE LEFT THE KOSEL, THE LADY ASKED HER,

"  WHAT DID YOU THINK ?  

THAT THE ENTIRE KOSEL IS YOURS  ?

WHY CAN YOU NOT PRAY SILENTLY ?" 

AND SHE DISGRACED HER SOME MORE IN THIS MANNER.

REBBE SHLOMKE'S GRANDDAUGHTER BORE THE SHAME IN SILENCEAND DID NOT ANSWER BACK, ON THE WAY HOME, SHE FOUND A NAPOLEON COIN,WHICH WAS VERY VALUABLE, AND COULD SUPPORT HER FAMILY FOR THE NEXT HALF A YEAR. SHE  CAME TO REBBE SHLOMKE AND SAID  " BARUCH HASHEM  G-D HEARD MY TEFILLOS AND SENT ME MONEY. " 

BUT WHY DID I HAVE TO UNDERGO ALL THAT SHAME.

REBBE SHLOMKE EXPLAINED TO HER THAT THE SHAME WAS THE BEGINNING OF HER SALVATION.

"  HASHEM HEARD YOUR PRAYERS,AND THEREFORE, HASHEM SENT SOMEONE TO SHAME YOU.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SALVATION , BECAUSE SHAME HAS THE POWER TO REMOVE ALL FORMS OF TROUBLES AND HARDSHIPS FROM YOU AND FROM YOUR FAMILY.

AND AFTER THAT MATTER WAS RECTIFIED, YOU FOUND THE MONEY