My son needed to visit a doctor in Rechavia. The area is very far from where I live, and I knew that to get there we would have to pass through areas with tremendous stumbling blocks in shemiras einayim, so I decided to go by taxi rather than by bus.
Taking a taxi would mean about 70 shekels each way – not a small sum, but the more I thought about it, the more I came to the conclusion that it was worth spending this amount of money to safeguard my eyes and my son’s eyes.
Ultimately, the cost of travel both ways came to 130 shekels, and I thought that was the end of the story.
The next day I got a call from an insurance company. They claimed that I deserved compensation. For what? It seems that six years ago there was an accident on a bus I had been on, and now it was decided that I deserved compensation of 500 shekels for the accident.
As much as I tried to recall the story, I did not remember being involved in any accident six years earlier, and the whole idea that my name was listed among those who were on the bus at the time seemed really strange to me. I asked a rav whether I was allowed to take the money, and he said it was completely fine.
The money came at the perfect time, a day after I had spent money on shemiras einayim. I have no doubt that there is a connection between the two.
