"It's an exciting sight that you won't forget for many years," they assured him, but they couldn't imagine how far they could see... They stood in awe of the mighty waterfalls. The sound of the water crashing against the rocks stirred their hearts, giving them a sense of the beginning of the creation of the world, of standing before the power of the Creator. It was an amazing sight that could not be described. Erez also looked at the waterfalls, but they did not notice that his gaze was different from theirs; it was a glazed gaze, without any expression. "Erez, our dear, do you feel the size of the hour?" his mother whispered excitedly at the sight of the falls. No response came from him. "Erez, what's going on?" she wondered, staring at him scrutinizingly. "Erez!!" A cry escaped her mouth. His gaze was blank as if a great wall had separated him from her. He turns his head toward her, breathing heavily: "I don't have any air. I feel suffocated."
Help! First aid!!" his mother burst out screaming.
At the same time, near them, another mother burst out with desperate cries. Her little son slipped out of her grasp and began to descend toward the river. Everyone opened their eyes in horror at the sight of the child sliding down the slope, without noticing that another woman was screaming "Help" without any connection to him. Suddenly they noticed the figure of a young man surfing after the sliding child. The young man looked steady and calculated, but also incredibly agile. He almost caught up with the toddler when he crashed into a sharp stone, and a lot of blood began to flow from his head. The young man, aka Erez from our knowledge, managed to reach him, stopped him from deteriorating, and hurried up the mountain with the boy in his arms. Everyone followed his steps, holding their breath in anxiety. The rescue forces had not yet arrived at the scene, and Erez's head was already poking up and up the path. His eyes shone with a special light. His mother looked at him as if mesmerized. What was it to him? A moment earlier, he had almost collapsed, and the next moment he looked as vibrant and fresh as he had ever been..."
Who has Band-Aids?!" roared Erez. Everyone present rummaged through their tools in a hurry. The boy's mother leaned over to him, stroking him and trying to talk to him. "My happiness, my happiness, wake up my children," she cried and begged. A few seconds later, the child's consciousness returned. He began to cry softly, and in the meantime, Erez put a few Band-Aids on his wounded forehead and kindly suggested to the frightened mother that he take him to the hospital. The proposal was on the right track, since the same mother was taking care of many toddlers who were difficult to count, and her husband was not seen by her side. "Thank you, dear fellow," she didn't know how to express her gratitude in words. "My husband went to pray Mincha. I will immediately contact him and instruct him to come to the hospital."
"But Erez," his mother finally came to her senses. "This is your trip! This is your experience! The rest of the days we are waiting for other routes! When can you come to Niagara again? Do you know how much time the hospital will take you??!!" "It's okay," Erez sent her a reassuring smile. "I enjoy it very much, Mom, don't worry." He went over to the ambulance that had arrived at that moment and climbed on it with "happiness" in his arms. His parents did not take their eyes off him for a moment. They both noticed that a special light was shining from him. Erez refused to continue the journey. "I was attached to this child." "I would like to accompany him on his own journey." "Without us?" his parents didn't understand. "Maybe..." Erez stammered. Their surprise was immense. "M. What do you mean?" his mother asked for an explanation. "We invested time, thought, and a lot of money on this trip. You understand that it doesn't make sense to make such a strange turn." Erez was in a dilemma. The words refused to come out of his mouth. And what would he say to his parents? He told them that in the hospital he had formed warm relations with little Osher's father. They would not understand how it was possible to make contact with such an "ancient" Jew, according to them. And if they heard about what topics they talked about together and what insights were given him, they might be astonished. He still stood silent and searched for the words. His mother decided and said firmly: "No, we can't allow you that. We didn't fly an entire day to the other end of the world to send you on innocent trips with such an eccentric family... that came out of the history books."
Once again, the same feeling of suffocation that he felt in front of the falls rose and climbed over him. Now, after the deep soul conversations with Rabbi Haimov – Osher's father, he knew its source. "You don't travel all over the world," Rabbi Haimov explained to him, "you only travel around yourself... only around yourself... On such a trip, there is no theme that leads to feelings of rejection and suffocation. You don't have air, Erez, you don't have a drop of air to breathe!" He remembered how he was stunned by the discovery. It was so true. How much can a person think only of himself and the fulfillment of his desires? Here, the moment he felt that the child had been saved, his breath had returned to the series. Only moment in which he thought of someone else's needs and not just his own, freed him from the difficult feeling. It was a sensational discovery. Giving to others brings great pleasure, This pleasure is more than all the entertainment and pleasures he has ever experienced.
Only the next morning did he manage to contact Rabbi Haimov. He was sure that he would have to wait a long time to find a solution to his problem, but to his surprise, the answer was on the rabbi's face without the need for any deep thought: "They want you to have fun, right?" he asked. "Well, sure," Erez replied bitterly. "It means that if you continue on the journey, it's only for your parents, I understand, right?" "More than true," sighs Erez. "I'll continue to drive with them..." Erez said slowly. "I realized I had no other choice. But from now on, I will do it for them. Only for their sake. It will be a huge, enormous grace, a grace that no one but Me can give them. And by the power of this giving, I will be able to get through the journey in peace. With God's help, of course," he added with a wink. "Only with God's help..." – and this surprising decision made him a dizzying sense of happiness that restored his joy of life and his breathing.
