Late one night, Rav Chaim of Volozhin was giving over a shiur to his talmidim on the subject of bitachon. Does anyone know what time it is? asked Rav Chaim. None of the talmidim answered since none of them owned a watch, so Rav Chaim continued his shiur. Suddenly, Rav Chaim interrupted his shiur and said, You should know that I feel as if we have not yet acquired true bitachon in our hearts. If we had the proper bitachon, Shamayim would have sent us a watch, even a gold watch. Just then, a knock was heard on the door, and a Russian soldier entered the room. The soldier looked hesitantly around the room, and then turned to Rav Chaim and said, Rebbi, Im a Jew, a lone Jew among many non-Jewish soldiers. Im afraid that the soldiers will steal my valuable watch which I received as a present from my father. The soldier approached Rav Chaim, and handed him the watch. I prefer to give my watch as a present to a Jewish Rav, rather than have it stolen by a non-Jew.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 04:00:01 +0000
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