An elderly Yid overheard someone speaking Yiddish. He looked closer and saw that it was from a non-religious young man speaking on the phone. From the few words he heard and from the forlorn look on the person's face, he understood that he must be in trouble. So, when the non-religious person put down the phone, the elderly Yid approached him and asked if he could help.
The non-religious Yid thought to himself, "How can this old man help me?" But since he was so overtaken with his problem, he decided to unload his heavy heart, and to tell him what he is going through. He told the elderly man that he was caught selling drugs. His lawyer advised him to plead guilty, and that would at least lessen the punishment.
The elderly Yid said, "Come with me to a tzaddik. It seems that your lawyer isn't helping you. The brachah, though, can help you." The irreligious Yid figured that he didn’t have anything to lose, so he went with the elderly Yid to the tzaddik. As they walked, the irreligious Yid explained that his parents are Holocaust survivors, and after the war, they threw away their Yiddishkeit. The Yiddish language is the only thing that remained.
The tzaddik blessed the man with hatzlachah. The non-religious man believed in the strength of the tzaddik's brachah and told his lawyer that he had changed his mind and decided to enter a non-guilty plea.
For some reason, at the trial, there was a substitute judge, and not the judge who generally presides in that court. As the day proceeded, it seemed very bleak for the defendant. The evidence against him was incriminating, and his attorney seemed unprofessional. Aside from speaking a lot and rattling on and on, his lawyer didn't really say anything convincing.
However, when it came time to pass the verdict, the judge shocked all those present. He declared: "Since there is no incriminating evidence to convict the accused, he is found to be innocent and can go free."
After the court case, the lawyer revealed how they won the case. He explained, "This was the first case that I took on, and the judge is my grandfather. He wanted to build my self-esteem, so I would believe that I can win cases. He made sure that I won the first court case I represented..."
We see that when a lawyer has a grandfather in the court, there are better chances of winning the case. Certainly, when the judge is the grandfather of the person who is being accused. The judgment of Rosh Hashanah is judged by our Father in heaven. We can certainly trust that since we have a Father on the court, we will come out victorious.
