Bread for the Hungry

Bread for the Hungry:

Sefer Toldos Maharsha relates that a local baker once came to the Maharsha’s bais medrash in order to daven with the tzibur. The Maharsha saw that the baker looked upset, so he called him over and asked why he appeared so sad.

The baker said, “Rebbi, I prepared many loaves of bread this week to sell on market day but I was only able to sell a small amount of what I baked. Now, I am left with a lot of bread and no buyers“.

The Maharsha couldn’t stand seeing the man so sad, so he told him, “Bring all of the bread to my house“.

When the loaves of bread were brought to his house, he paid for it all and distributed the bread to the poor.