by Laizer Mangel
This past Friday, Menachem Muller and I visited a diamond merchant on our Mivtzoim route in the Diamond District of downtown Miami, FL.
When we stop by his office each week, he often expresses that although business could be better he really values our visits, and therefore gives Tzedaka so that we can continue with our activities.
This past Friday, when we stopped by his office, he wasn’t at his desk. We carried on with our regular visits throughout the building, helping men wrap Teffilin, distributing Shabbos candles to women, and handing out Challahs.
Before leaving, we tried our friend again and this time he was in. After sharing a Dvar Torah, he glanced up at his Mezuzah. “This was here before I moved in,” he told us. “Maybe you can have it checked. It might bring me some better luck.”
We had some difficulty taking the Mezuzah case off the wall, but as a jeweler, he had the proper tools to do so. As the case came off the wall, we were shocked by what it had been containing for all those years.
Instead of a parchment with Shma Yisroel written by hand, we found a plain piece of paper with printed words of Deuteronomy, seemingly cut out of an English-Spanish Old Testament book.
And if that wasn’t enough, there was also a rolled up U.S. dollar bill. It had writing in Spanish on it which we couldn’t read. (Maybe Spanish speaking COLlive readers can help out with that).
We have since purchased a beautiful Mezuzah for our friend and hopefully, together with the new Mezuzah, will come much success in his life and work. We found this to be an incredible display of the necessity to heed the Rebbe’s call of doing Mivtzah Mezuzah.
Seriously, #nomorekvetching
If someone put it there on purpose, they should investigate and arrest the guy. If it’s in diamond district, maybe their security cams have the videos saved for a few years… Anyone?
I just found my mezuzah not to be kosher, but nothing to this extent
My son has been having a hard time in Yeshiva, and he told me he wouldn’t last there is not for the shluchim. Kol hakavod
who kept the dollar?!?!?
Lazer told me the story as soon as he came back from Mivtzoim on Fri, and I still can’t get over it. And it reminded me to take down and check my mezuzas
I’m an alumnus from yeshiva, the shluchim of yeshiva Gedolah run Mivtzoim, In fact I think one of those Bochurim is a shliach in Yeshiva. I’m sure they would appreciate your help. Yeshiva is in rabbi avremel korf s building. Its an awesome very impressive story and the shluchim in Yeshiva do great work
they are in yeshivah gedolah of greater miami
Just look at the hole in the middle of the page, it’s missing almost whole words! Gevald.
It’s there a way I can donate for such a worthy cause?
I would like to help such projects.
Which chabad house do they belong to? Or are they in the yeshiva?
It’s probably a trick some pulled. They stole the parsha inside and left a dollar
Were previous owners jewish . A lot of people buy mezuzahs and put there own scriptures in its very common in the world . The mezuzah is reoresented across all religions also the yad . Many people buy mezuzah casings and put there own scriptures or something they value inside . Obviously money was placed in with a specific scripture for good luck . I highly doubt previous owner was jewish .
Very hard to make out more than one or two words at a time, maybe we can “crowdsource” the translation. First word of bottom line appears to be siempre, which means always.
Yasher Koach for the reminder to check Tefillin and Mezuzos!
Innocent Jewish business men trying to do what’s right ends up with a mezuzah like this. And who knows what it took to get him to put up a mezuzah in the first place. There should be more troubles in the world!!! We need moshiach!!!!
I should have guessed! Of course a boy like Lazer would be the one to save the day! At such a young age Lazer is changing the world. This is not the first time he has helped another Jew in a great way. Keep up the great work!
Yo no hablar Esponel
The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Lazier Mangel is the grandson of Rabbi Mangel of Crown Heights a most caring and sensitive Rov, who is always there for all, all the time.
Which also explains how this bachur has such great writing skills.
1st line: “Jamas faltara el dinero” – money will never be lacking,
… couldn’t read line 2, line 3: “la felicidad, la sabiduria” – the happiness, knowledge,
it says on top 5-4-12
Such an incredible story
Muller once again inspiring others. Always doing the right thing no matter what muller is the real deal!
Very hard to make out more than one or two words at a time, maybe we can “crowdsource” the translation. First word of bottom line appears to be siempre, which means always.
Good job menachem, always persevering and doing the right thing!
Go Muller!!!
Favorite cousin
how long did he have his business there for, and how long was the mezzuza there? becuse the bill is from 2009
These Bochurim are refined people.
I have a feeling that somebody who didn’t like the previous owner put replaced the mezuza with those scrolls…
Why else would ANYONE, even someone selling fake mezuzas put a bunch of curses and a dollar in there…
good work! u can be a detective
Lazier Mangel this is so your type, never giving up on trying to help another person.
Keep it up.
Miami is lucky to have you! This yid is lucky you were there for him –only mazal and bracha from here on.
Very impressed with the bochurim going back to him!
all the mazalot are set up by Hashem
He should be blessed with great parnasha
How scary….
Thanks for posting this, what an important reminder – asking people to check the Mezuzois is so imperative.
Best guy-knew him in cgi florida best staff member
Jamas faltara el dinero
There will always be money
Go muller, best boy in lubav
That is crazy! Good thing such amazing Lubavitcher Bochrim are on the job, making sure every mitzvah is being done to its fullest!
Wow that’s the tochacho! The curses in Parshas ki sovo!
:-O
the mezuza cant be from so long ago as the dollar is from series 2009. you can probably get more history on previous tenants and who may have done this…
of all verses to put in a mezuza – the tochecha??
no wonder he had bad luck!
The part of the bible inside his mezuza is the tochocho
that was my route!!!!
It says – ” Worshiping money is the root of all evil. Your money will not protect you. God is our only salvation.”
Miami is real lucky to have u! -an anonymous admirer
Maybe it was a mezuzah from Black Hebrews?
Dunno…
And about the mazel – yeah, makes sense. He’s lucky it was just “that luck could’ve been better”, we had a really bad stretch – not just “could’ve been better” but real tzarot – when the tefillin had an issue – and it wasn’t even a kashrut issue, more of a yashrut issue because the guy who sold it was dishonest…