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Home
and Family
If we wish to witness the rebuilding of Jerusalem, we must
seek it, by looking for the good - and in the process, learn
how to contribute to it. You will find goodness at every
turning, in the most mundane places, like your favorite
supermarket.
Shopping
by A. Ross
I planned to go shopping yesterday. Having put 150 shekel
into my little waist purse which holds nothing except my
glasses and some tissues, I set off with my shopping list. I
bought my goods, put them on the counter, and the girl
checked them through.
I opened the little purse - and found it empty. I looked on
the floor and then remembered that I had taken out my glasses
somewhere along the way, so the money must have fallen out
then. I asked the owner of the supermarket if she had seen it
and she and the manager looked all over the floor, but of
course, it wasn't there.
I retraced my steps home, hoping against hope that I would
find it somewhere. It was nowhere to be seen. Nor was it at
home. All the way home I had been thinking what I had done
that day, or recently, to deserve this loss. Then my husband
came in.
He had gone out shortly after I had, and had found the three
fifty shekel notes. I was pleased to tell him the money was
mine, that is, ours.
All the way back to the supermarket, I wondered what I had
done to deserve the annoyance. I found the owner sitting at
the entrance, and I happily told her that I had found the
money. She responded with sincere pleasure, "Oh, I am so
pleased! I owe eighteen shekel to tzedoko. I pledged
that amount in the event that you found it." And then I knew
why it had happened. Another instance of "Urei betuv
Yerusholayim."
Where else would you find a stranger so concerned about
another person's loss?
Your editor invites YOU, the reader, to fax or write in
such similar stories, which we know occur by the day, in our
daily lives. FAX 02-5387998 or Weinbach, Panim Meirot 1. Can
be handwritten.
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