Please Turn Off Your Cell Phone

The Bobover Rebbe, zt”l

One Rosh Chodesh a man came to daven by the Bobover Rebbe (Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam). It was at the beginning of the cellular phone era. The phone rang.

The Rebbe called him over and asked him to turn off the cell till after Mussaf. After the man finished davening he turned the phone back on.

The cell rang. His secretary was on the line. “You had a miracle,” she said. “We tried calling you about an hour ago to quickly buy some stocks that were a bargain. But we couldn’t reach you so you lost the deal. But then half an hour later the stocks crashed. It was a miracle you never bought them.”

Reprinted from the Beshalach 5786 edition of Inspired by a Story by Rabbi Dovid Caro.