Rav Kalman Krohn, zt”l
Rav Chayim Tzvi Blau writes a story about Shlomo (name is changed), a young man who was struggling with his Yiddishkeit. One Shavuos, he was staying by his brother’s house in Lakewood, and he wandered into the great Bais Medrash of Bais Medrash Gavoha. He walked into a room and listened in as Rav Kalman Krohn, zt”l, was telling stories to some younger children.
Rav Kalman told them that when he was finished with the stories, he would reveal to them a great secret. This really caught Shlomo’s interest, and he decided to stay until the stories were over. When the stories had ended, Rav Kalman said over his secret to the children. “If a person goes to the Mikvah on Shavuos morning before daybreak, and then he cries himself out during Shacharis by the Brachah of Ahavah Rabbah, he will have unbelievable Hatzlachah that year!”
Shlomo was very inspired by this idea, and he did exactly what Rav Kalman had said to do, and that year, he had a complete turnaround in his life for the better. As the year played out and he got involved in Shidduchim, he met someone who was really wonderful, and he got engaged around Purim time, and his Chasunah was the day after the next Shavuos!
Reprinted from the Parshas Mishpatim 5784 email of Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg’s Torah U’Tefilah.
