One day, a woman came to the rabbi, wailing and crying, but the rabbi was praying at the time. Then she asked the secretary:
- Come in, even if you have to interrupt his prayer. My husband left me. Let the rabbi pray for me so that my husband will come back.
The secretary came in and disrupted the prayer. Rabbi said:
“Tell her not to worry, her husband will be back soon.”
The secretary came out to that woman and said:
- Don't worry, don't worry so much. Rabbi says your husband will be back soon. Go home and calm down.
Happy, the woman left with the words: “May the Lord reward the rabbi a thousandfold for his kindness.”
But as soon as that woman left, the secretary became sad and remarked to one of those present that all this would not help. Her husband cannot return. Poor woman, but she left here so happy. The person standing next to him was surprised:
- But why? Don't you believe in your rabbi and his prayer?
“Of course, I believe in my rabbi, and I believe in his prayer,” replied the secretary. “But he only heard this woman’s request, I saw her myself.” Her husband will never return to her.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru