By R’ Yoni Schwartz
The way Rav Dovid Feinstein, ZT”L, treated his wife was a prime example of how one should respect their spouse. Years ago, when Rav Dovid Feinstein and Rebbetzin Feinstein were at the engagement party of one of their grandchildren. The time was dragging on and on. A curious person approached Rav Dovid and asked, “Doesn’t the Gadol Hador (the leader of the generation) have better things to do with his time than sit here for so long?” In his gentle voice, Rav Dovid said, “The Rebbetzin is having a nice time. As long as she is enjoying herself, I am going nowhere.”
There was another time when one of Rav Dovid Feinstein’s children got married, the soon-to-be daughter-in-law visited his house on Friday afternoon to meet her new mother-in-law. After she entered, she heard the sound of a vacuum cleaner emanating from one of the rooms and followed the sound. After turning a couple corners and weaving her way through the halls of the house, she finally found the room where the sound was coming from. As her head peeped the corner, expecting to see Rebbetzin Feinstein, she was surprised when she saw Rav Dovid, the Gadol Hador, vacuuming the floor. “Doesn’t the Rav have more important matters to attend to,” she wondered, and Rav Dovid saw a curious look on her face. He explained that on Fridays his wife works, and he wanted to do something nice to help around the house. In fact, Rav Dovid would often make kugels and cakes and give them out to the kids.
Reprinted from the Parshas Ki Seitzei 5784 email of Torah Sweets.
