By COLlive reporter
Chaim Mualem, an Israeli man who says he used to be anti-haredi, shared the following on social media:
I forgot a bag containing 130,000 shekel ($37,500) in cash near the bus station in Haifa.
I came back after about half an hour, completely frantic hoping I might still find it.
I found a bochur there (pictured). He asked me if he can help me and I told him what I left.
He then responded:
“I came here 25 minutes ago and saw the bag. I opened it and saw a nice amount in there, so I told myself that I’ll wait here 15 minutes and if the person doesn’t show up, I’ll leave a note with my cellphone to reach me.
“A half an hour passed and no one arrived, so I told myself that I better not leave since I live in Jerusalem and that person may need the money back right away.
“So I said a chapter of Tehillim praying for the success of the one who lost the money that he should return right away. Not even 10 minutes passed, and you showed up!
“Just give me identifying signs about the bag and it’s yours. I need to run to shul…”
I gave him a few signs and he handed over the money. Until I finished counting the money I didn’t believe that it was actually in my possession and that I had actually found it. Not a single bill was missing.
I wanted to give this bochur a finders fee but he in no way wanted to accept it. “It’s my mitzvah,” he said.
I couldn’t let him leave until he at least took a photo with me – which he agreed to…
Mi k’amcha Yisroel
Am Yisroel Chai!
We Want Moshiach Now !
An enormous kiddush Hashem!!!!
A Lubavitcher co-worker shared this story about his great grandmother and her sister. They lived (most likely it was NYC)) in the years – 1910’s or 20’s. Those days were infamously known as your boss telling you, “If you don’t come to work on Saturday, don’t bother coming in on Monday.” But, these two great ladies were not to be deterred from observing Shabbos properly. So, they hopped around from job to job because they refused to break Shabbos. One day, they were at the train station, and on the platform, they found $10 worth of cash. At that time,… Read more »
It’s a wonderful kiddush Hash-m. In the secular news it would be called ‘altruism’. But, especially for chinuch purposes, it should be clear that in our world it’s called simply following the Torah and returning found property (that was clearly not hefker) to it’s owner, which a Torah observant Jew is expected to do as a matter of course and that usually it will go unpublicized.