Like One Who Finds Great Spoils

Moreinu HaRav shlita relates: I was invited to a bris milah to serve as the sandek. As is my sacred custom, I am incapable of arriving late and always make an effort to come early. The appointed time for the bris arrived—the mohel was present, but the infant had not yet arrived...

I felt it was a shame to waste such precious minutes. As I was contemplating this, the Rosh Kollel of the kollel halacha—located on the same floor—approached me and asked if I could give a short talk to the avreichim. A few minutes after the talk, the newborn arrived, and we proceeded with the mitzvah of the bris milah...