The Benefits of a Small Apartment
A Yid related to me that he once rented his apartment in Yerushalayim to a wealthy Yid from America. When he entered the tiny apartment, the guest was amazed and said: “Look at this! Everything is on the same level! You don’t have to go up and down the stairs like I do, living in a home with three floors. It’s so much better this way!”
Perhaps it’s easier to speak this way when we’re in someone else’s apartment, but we can also choose to say this when we’re in our own apartment. This Yid related that it’s been thirty years since that encounter, and these words help him remain happy with his apartment even today. “It’s amazing! I live like a wealthy man!... I don’t need to walk up and down all day.”
It’s no joke. When it comes to cleaning for Pesach, it’s so much harder in a large home, and so stressful on the entire family.
There are always positives and benefits to all kinds of living—and we must all give thanks for our benefits. There’s no need to darken our situation, and make it worse than it is, by denying the good therein. Illuminate! Light the flame! Think about the good, and give thanks and praise to Hashem for it!
