I always strive to fulfill the halacha by putting on tefillin at home and walking from home to shul for Shacharis, adorned with my tefillin. One morning, I walked from my home to Zichron Moshe to daven Shacharis, wrapped in my tallis and tefillin.
As I left the shul to return home, heavy rain was pouring outside. If my hat or clothes got wet, it wouldn’t be a big deal since I could simply change into dry ones—but tefillin cannot be allowed to get wet.
Just as I glanced outside at the street, a man from the city of Beitar approached me, holding a large and sturdy umbrella. He asked to accompany me home, as he had an urgent matter to discuss along the way. He opened the umbrella, sheltering both of us as we walked and talked.
I said to him excitedly, “Look how Hashem sent you all the way from Beitar with an umbrella just to help me!” But he was quick to respond, “Look how Hashem sent the Rav without an umbrella just to help me!”
Moreinu HaRav shlita
