Something from nothing – יש מאין
טיב הקהילה English | February 23, 2024
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Something from nothing – יש מאין

טיב הקהילה English | December 10, 2025

My wife asked that I buy challos made with a certain flour for Shabbos. Because I was involved in things, I completely forgot about it. I only remembered at 1:00 in the afternoon and I tried the store to look for those challos. I knew that the prospect of finding the challos was slight.

I tried my luck by adding Tefillos. I asked the store owner if he had any of these challos and he smiled and said: “People order these challos on Wednesday and by Friday morning they are snatched! Where were you? Now you want these challos?!” I lowered my head and said: “Thanks”, and as I was speaking a man came in and said to the owner, “Is it possible to return challos? I bought these not knowing that my wife had already bought challos.”

I looked at the owner who looked at him and I bought the challos right from the man with gladness and thanks to Hashem...

מ.ה.

My wife asked that I buy challos made with a certain flour for Shabbos. Because I was involved in things, I completely forgot about it. I only remembered at 1:00 in the afternoon and I tried the store to look for those challos. I knew that the prospect of finding the challos was slight.

I tried my luck by adding Tefillos. I asked the store owner if he had any of these challos and he smiled and said: “People order these challos on Wednesday and by Friday morning they are snatched! Where were you? Now you want these challos?!” I lowered my head and said: “Thanks”, and as I was speaking a man came in and said to the owner, “Is it possible to return challos? I bought these not knowing that my wife had already bought challos.”

I looked at the owner who looked at him and I bought the challos right from the man with gladness and thanks to Hashem...

מ.ה.

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