In one of the famous, larger Shuls in Yerushalayim, there are many different Minyanim that take place in different parts of the Shul building, and there are two brothers who run from Minyan to Minyan throughout Rosh Hashanah, and blow Shofar for all the Minyanin.
One year, when one of the brothers got up to blow Shofar, it just wasn’t working out for him. He tried to clean the Shofar and do everything he could to make the proper Shofar blasts, but nothing helped, and the people in the Minyan began losing patience.
Eventually, the other brother came in and saved his brother, and blew the Tekios for that Minyan. After Davening, the brother who couldn’t blow the Shofar well went home, slightly embarrassed, and feeling bad that he caused his brother to work harder. After blowing Shofar for the last Minyan, the second brother went straight to his brother’s house to check on him and try to cheer him up after his humiliating experience. He told his brother that it could happen to even the most experienced Baal Tokei’a, and there was really nothing to be ashamed of.
The first brother smiled and shrugged it off. He said, “While humiliation is the most difficult thing in the world to deal with, I accept it with Simchah.” He continued, “You, my brother, have three older, unmarried children in your home. I am giving you my Zechus of accepting my shame with love. In that merit, all three of these children should all be Zocheh to get married this year!” Within a few short months, Baruch Hashem, all three children got married, one after the other!
Reprinted from the Rosh Hashanah 5785 email of Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg’s Torah U’Tefilah.
