I had an appointment with a doctor in a city close to Bnei Brak, but very distant in terms of everything related to lifestyle. Then, a month before the appointment, I received a call telling me that an available slot had opened up and I could come that day. And specifically on that day, in the yeshivah where I work, the bachurim had gone out on a trip, and so I would be able to make the appointment, but there was one severe problem. What would be with shemiras einayim? How would I manage in a place where there are so many forbidden sights?
How? Very Simple! I davened to Hashem to help me. And He helped. As soon as I got to the bus stop an almost-empty bus arrived. I sat down on the first seat and arrived at the clinic without any delays. After the appointment I wanted to head home, but I realized the bus was not scheduled to come for another hour.
I could not wait there for an hour, especially on this type of street. I looked around, searching for a place where I could wait in the meantime. I saw a kosher restaurant with the seal of kashrus by rabbanim from Bnei Brak. I entered, and a chassidishe Yid was walking toward me. He was the mashgiach of the restaurant, and he was on his way out.
“Are you going to Bnei Brak?” I asked him.
“Not to Bnei Brak,” he said, “but in that direction. I’ll take you part of the way.”
I joined him, and once we were in the car he said, “You know what? There are a few documents that I need to take from the Vaad Hakashrus offices in Bnei Brak, so I’ll drive you into Bnei Brak.”
Baruch Hashem, I got home. With tremendous siyata diShmaya, I did not stumble in seeing any forbidden sights. The Beis Aharon of Karlin would say that for something like this one needs to sing “Aromimcha,” and if possible, to break out in a small dance.
I was zocheh to see with my own eyes Hashem’s hashgachah and His mercy on us, and also to guard my eyes. I think it is certainly fitting to include you in my small dance.
