When a מגיפה struck a town in Europe, all the Jews gathered in the בית מדרש to pray that the גזירה against them be annulled. The sounds of prayer and weeping filled the בית מדרש. But the loudest cries came from a מחלל שבת. The רב approached him and whispered in his ear: “Please lower your voice. If it is heard in Heaven that you are amongst us, we’re lost.”
06/10/2021