With those words, the Rav headed out the door, accompanied by his sons. They arrived at the man’s house, and Rav Sekula asked. “Did you lose any money today?”
Taken aback, the man replied that he had lost a one-hundred-dollar bill somewhere. Rav Sekula said, “Did you intend to give me ten dollars this morning?” When the man replied that he did, the Sadovner Rav handed him the one-hundred-dollar bill and explained what had happened.
However, the man was somewhat embarrassed to accept the money and said that the Sadovner Rav should keep it. However, Rav Sekula wouldn’t hear of it. He said, “I only accept Tzedakah that is given B’Leiv Shamleim, with a full heart. You never intended to give this for Tzedakah. Please take back your one hundred dollars, give me ten dollars, and all will be good.”
When this was finished, Rav Sekula wished him a Freilichin Purim, and headed home with his children to have his Purim Seudah!
Reprinted from the Parashas Tetzaveh-Purim 5785 email of Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg’s Torah U’Tefilah.
