I advertised everywhere possible to sell my car, and I waited for calls. It was truly urgent, and every few hours I checked my incoming calls to see if perhaps at some moment when I couldn’t answer, it had occurred to someone to call.
On Monday after davening Shacharis with the first minyan, I saw that in the second minyan they were preparing for krias haTorah. I thought to myself that it was probably a good idea to buy an aliyah, and I went over to the gabbai to ask for one.
He agreed, and I went out in the direction of the sinks to wash my hands in preparation for the great zechus of going up to the Torah.
At that moment, my phone vibrated. I picked up, and on the line was someone who wanted to buy the car, finally! He was willing to pay 32,000 shekels, and even to give 6,000 in cash immediately!
But at that moment I could not continue talking even for a very short time, because in another moment the gabbai would be calling me, and I had to get back to the beis midrash.
“Sorry,” I said. “I must hang up, because I have an aliyah now. We’ll talk.”
He continued to say something, and it sounded like he was angry or insulted, but I had already entered the shul and went up to the bimah.
After I left shul I turned my phone back on, and it rang immediately. I hoped it was the same person who had spoken to me before, but no, it was another number, and on the line was a different voice...and a different price. The caller offered to buy the car for 38,000 shekels – 6,000 shekels more than the previous offer.
