Proud to be part of such a nation, on Thursday morning, R’ Matis dialed his brother-in-law to fulfill his mission. But Thursday went by, and then Friday went by, but his brother-in-law was not answering his calls.
Finally on Sunday, R’ Matis was able to speak with his brother-in-law, who apologized for being unable to respond because his phone broke. When R’ Matis shared the reason for his call, the manager explained that he’d already reached out to Tomchei Shabbos to ensure that the family would receive what they needed to make Shabbos and offer them some support.
The manager then shared something even more amazing: “Had you gotten through to me last week, I wouldn’t have had her number. When my phone broke, my Call History became history. But now I am going to tell you what happened. That Thursday morning, I once again had a woman calling me that her order didn’t arrive. It was the very same woman from the previous week, but this time, she started off more agitated than before. With it being Erev Yom Tov, and it being the second time, she demanded that I resend the order right away. Which I did.
“Shortly after, I received the same ‘finders’ keepers’ call from that same lady. This time, I told her from the onset to keep it. She happily took it — the $700 order from the previous woman, free of charge. Only because it repeated itself a second time did I have her contact information. So not only did the second ‘mix-up’ get her meat for Yom Tov, but it also got her a sizable donation.”
Shocked at how this simple woman had such an outstanding story repeat itself twice, R’ Matis reached out and asked her what segulah she had done.
“Segulah?!” she replied. “What segulah?!?” In all simplicity, she said, “It was Thursday morning, and I needed meat for Shabbos, so I asked Hashem to deliver. And He did!”
This shocked R’ Matis to the core. He expected to learn about a brachah from the Baba Sali or the like, but in truth, she’d simply turned to the One in charge. Directly. No intermediaries. This “simple” woman was in no way so simple.
This added a new dimension to their lives. The simplicity of this story taught him that talking in one’s own language could suffice to bring about an incredible yeshuah.
