Chaim Mualem, an Israeli man who says he used to be anti-charedi, 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 above). 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…
{Matzav.com}
MITZVAH KIDUSH HASEM ALL WRAPPED IN ONE
ASHRECHA
Very special bachur. This is truly a Kiddush Hashem.
Boruch Hashem. A kiddush Hashem. Thank you for posting good news- may it continue.
Let’s try to get this around as much as possible. It may diminish sinas yisroel and sinas chareidim even a little bit.
Agree!
Write it in to Steve Harvey who invited a frum man on his show for returning less cash hidden in a desk he bought.
Wow
Goes to show how illogical non believers and chareidi haters are.
In reality nothing changed about our hashkafas and the way we run our lives and all the things they think that we do or dont do e.g. army, not working, big families, old fashioned etc has not changed. But suddenly for him everything is fine. Just because of a personal incident that makes him view chareidim in a different light.
Its the same with non believers, they can have all the philosophical arguments and explanations why God doesnt exist and with one small incident or miracle everything changes, They can suddenly believe and suddenly everything makes sense.
It actually goes both ways, which means at the end of the day love and hate, acceptance and belief in God depends on the heart not on the brain.
The heart will influence the brain to understand the truth. We have to influence the heart of Yidden everywhere. Give love and they will love us back. Show them that Hashem loves them and then they will accept His mitzvos.
Agree with Baal Shem Tov.
This is a great kiddush Hashem on the part of the bachur, but it also shows a pintele Yid within the former hater that needed a kiddush Hashem in order to be awakened.
Kudos to Matzav for publishing this news, which is a lot more important than most of the rest of the so-called “news.”
Its a nice story and BIG KIDDUSH HASHEM ! But whats now ? this story goes back a few years ago,
From where do you know that?