We will tell here a wonderful story that was narrated by the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Wasner shlita.
An important Jew in America whose son came to the mitzvot, wanted to give the boy a great gift, and informed him that in preparation for his Bar Mitzvah day they would travel to the Land of Israel, to the beit midrash of Rabbi Wasner shlita, And there the Rav would put on the tefillin for the first time. The boy was very excited about the spiritual gift that was intended for him, and he prepared himself well for the flight to Israel. The father told the boy that Rabbi Wasner told him that a few days before they were about to leave America, he should call him again, to make sure that everything was in order, and that they would not come to Israel. The father had already purchased the plane tickets, which cost him about 2, $1,000 for good and good food. About a week before the flight, the father calls the rabbi, and to his amazement he hears the great Gaon Baal "Shevet HaLevi" say to him: I have decided that you should not come to me in Bnei Brak, what happened suddenly?
The stunned father asked, after all, the child has been preparing for this mentally for a long time, and Rabbi Wasner explains: It is true that there is a matter that the first time the child puts on tefillin, he will do it by a rabbi, but have you thought – dear father, how many bad things your child may see during the long journey that you will make with him from America to Eretz Yisrael, and that the trouble is equal to the king's damage. The stunned father tried to explain to the rabbi that the child might be severely disappointed, etc., but of course all the excuses and excuses did not help at all.
Nothing in the world is worth sacrificing for the damage that may be caused to a child by the appearance of forbidden things, ruled the Gaon Shlita, and the father continued to ask: What will I do with the two tickets that I bought at the price of $2,000? The Rav answered him in this way: Go and buy a large and beautiful frame, and put the two cards in it, and at the top of the frame you will write in white Kiddush letters: We sacrificed these two cards, the price of which was, 2,000 dollars, so that our dear son will not see forbidden things.
And indeed, this son has grown up to be besieged.
