It was a really hard morning. The whole family was in a hurry, and the baby was crying hysterically. Mrs. Klein did something out of character: She asked her daughter Chani to stay home and help her out until things settled down.
Chani held the baby so her mother could take care of the other children and then tidy up a bit. By the time she left for school, she was quite late.
“Chani!” her friends greeted her excitedly. “How did you know to come late today?”
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“Look what happened,” said one of her classmates, pointing to her desk.
Chani looked at her desk and gasped. On the classroom wall above her seat there had been an old metal radiator, and that morning it had suddenly fallen off the wall, straight onto her seat and desk, right where she would have been sitting had she come on time.
“Chani was saved from injury in the merit of her kibbud av va’eim,” her brother commented.
