Before the chagim, my wife went out to do some important shopping. She entered a store and found a wallet that suited her, and she called me from the store to ask if she could buy the wallet. The price was reasonable, and I agreed happily.
When she came home she told me, “In the end I didn’t buy the wallet.”
“Why not?”
“Because before paying, I realized that the store belonged to a chain that is mechallel Shabbos, and we already spoke about how we’re not buying from mechallelei Shabbos. I put the wallet back and left without it.”
At the time, my wife’s boss was abroad. A few days later she returned, and she brought with her a gift for my wife: a wallet; not just any wallet, but something special and expensive from an international brand name. I don’t understand why people pay so much for it – the ticket showed a price of over $200.
We were excited. We saw this as he’aras Panim and special love that Hakadosh Baruch Hu showed us, since He saw that we were honoring Shabbos – the good gift that He gave us from His treasure house on High.
