Chaim was a famous aeronautical engineer. His company won the bid to build a new fighter jet and Chaim was in charge of the project. On the day of the first test flight, Chaim was devastated when even before takeoff the wings of the jet broke clean off of the fuselage. He spent many hours redesigning the plane so that the wings could withstand the strain, but the same thing happened on the next test flight – the wings broke clean off. Chaim was frustrated and had become to believe that it was hopeless when he happened to meet his Rabbi, who asked why Chaim had this troubled look on his face. Chaim explained the problem to him and the Rabbi said “I’m no engineer, but I know how to solve your problem. All you need to do is drill a straight row of holes into the fuselage directly above and directly below the wings. I can guarantee you the wings won’t come off.” Chaim smiled and thanked the rabbi for his advice but when he gave it further thought, he figured the Rabbi is a wise man and there is nothing to lose, so he did precisely what the Rabbi suggested. The next design of the fighter jet had a straight line of holes in the fuselage directly above and directly below the wings. To everyone’s amazement, it worked. The wings did not become detached. The jet flew beautifully. Full of excitement, Chaim went to tell the Rabbi that his advice worked. “Of course it did,” said the Rabbi. “I never doubted it would.” “But how did you know?” asked Chaim. “In my many years,” the Rabbi said “I’ve never had a פסח when the matzah broke on the perforation.”
05/07/2020