Amazing story told by Reb Shlomo Carlebach

[Ari Kotowitz]

I hope everyone has a Shavua Tov and everyone should have lots of
bracha from this weeks special days of Pesach Sheni which is also Rebi
Meir Baal Hanes's yurtziet and Lag Baomer, the celebration of the
hillula of the holy tana Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai.

This weeks Melave Malke story is from kesh...@gmail.com which sends
out weekly emails with Reb Shlomo's divrei torah as well as recordings
from their archives at box.net/rashban

The holy The Rebbe Reb Zusha had to marry off his daughter. So his
hassidim got together 500 rubles and Rebbe Reb Zusha has an
unbelievable idea for a safe place to hide it. He put it in the Bible,
on the page of the 10 Commandments. 'Thou shalt not steal.' It comes
the day of the wedding, Rebbe Reb Zusha-le's great joy, he goes over
to the Chumash, and opens the page, the 500 rubles were not there. So
he was so broken that a human being can stoop so low, to see in front
of his eyes - 'Don't steal ' - and you still steal.

Sometime later, this week Parsha Kedoshim comes - it says - love your
neighbor as yourself, it means, love the person next to you like
yourself. And behold, Reb Zusha opens the page - and there are 250
rubles. Oy, did the Rebbe Reb Zusha begin crying. Gvalt, did he cry.
He says, Master of the World, look how holy the thief is. The holy
thief is sharing his money with me - and I, Zusha, am so low, I wanted
to keep the whole money for myself. You know, people laugh about it,
but there is a little tear in our eyes also. I wish we would be on
that level. I wish we would look at the the world with different eyes