YESTERDAY I MEET A MAN THAT I HAD NOT SEEN IN OVER THREE YEARS, HE TOLD ME AN INTERESTING STORY.
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO HE WENT TO A HOSPITAL IN LONDON HE COULD NOT BREATH WELL, THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM YOU HAVE THREE MONTHS TO LIVE, YOU NEED A LUNG TRANSPLANT AND YOU ARE TO OLD TO HAVE ONE IN THIS COUNTRY, GO TO THE U.S.A. IT WILL COST YOU BUT THEY HAVE NO AGE LIMIT THERE, IT WILL COST YOU OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WOULD NOT LIVE IN THE GOLDEN COUNTRY, EVERYTHING IS MONEY.
LUCKILY THIS MAN HAD A PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE AND THEY WERE PREPARED TO PAY.
MY DEAR WIFE TIKWAH A.H. THE HOSPITAL DID NOT TELL HER THAT HER HEART WAS NEARING THE END SHE DIED IN ISRAEL FROM HEART FAILURE,
I FEEL GILT THAT HAD I KNOWN I COULD HAVE TAKEN HER TO THE U.S.A. FOR A HEART TRANSPLANT, AS I AM A RELIGIOUS JEW I SHOULD HAVE BETCHON, ( BELIEVE IN G-D THAT WAS WHAT HE WANTED ) AND HER TIME HAD COME TO PASS ON.
THE SAME IS FOR THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST AND EVEN THOSE WHO DID NOT. THOSE WHO SURVIVED NEW HOW TO GET AWAY, AS AN ORTHODOX JEW I HAVE TO BELIEVE IT IS ALL FROM ABOVE
DURING THE WEEK I EAT EVERY DAY IN BEIS HAVSHIL THEY GIVE A LOVELY MEAL IT IS LIKE A RESTAURANT, IT WAS MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO COME TO LONDON COLLECTING FUNDS, THEY SHOULD HAVE WERE TO EAT, I TALK TO THEM, NEARLY ALL OF THEM EARN A LIVING WAGE IN ISRAEL, BUT WHEN IT COMES FOR THEIR CHILD TO BE MARRIED THEY HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE TO THE YOUNG COUPLE, BUT THEY PROMISE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. TO MAKE THE SHIDUCH.
I ASK THEM IF YOU HAVE NOT GOT THE MONEY WHY DID YOU PROMISE, THEY ANSWER ME THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SHIDUCH.
I TELL THEM WERE IS YOUR EMUNA IN HASHEM IF THIS IS THE SHIDUCH FOR YOU THEN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MONEY, WITH OUT COLLECTING.
EMUNA IN HASHEM IS VERY HARD TO HAVE, I HAVE TO BELIEV THAT MY WIFE'S TIME TO DIE HAD COME AND THAT HASHEM WANTED SHE SHOULD DIE IN ISRAEL, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT.
IF I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THAT WAY I AM LACKING IN EMUNA AND WILL ALWAYS FEEL GILTY THAT I DID NOT DO ENOUGH.