Jude
01-22-2004, 06:20 PM
I heard the Rimnitzer Rebbetzin tell a great story about someone who came to her husband for a bracha for children. Her husband didn't respond. The man came a number of times and the Rebbe didn't respond.
In desperation, the man offered the gabbai $10,000 (which he didn't end up taking) to do something to make the Rebbe laugh, i.e. to jump fully dressed into the mikva while the Rebbe was immersing. The point? Clearly the Rebbe was unable to give him a bracha as things were, and so he wanted to do something to "open a channel", to change things up Above.
In short, the gabbai did it, the Rebbe laughed, and the man's wife had a son nine months later.
Simcha poretz geder - joy breaks fences
Joy can accomplish the impossible.
My question is: there are many people who actually GOT brachos, but have yet to see the fulfillment of these brachos. It seems to me that it should be easier to get a bracha fulfilled than to do something to create a bracha where it wasn't previously possible. Whether true or not (that it's easier etc.) - here's my question:
In addition to "making vessels" to merit the fulfillment of a bracha, how would you make Hashem laugh, so to say? What can you think of that would "break through" the barriers when previous attempts have failed?
In desperation, the man offered the gabbai $10,000 (which he didn't end up taking) to do something to make the Rebbe laugh, i.e. to jump fully dressed into the mikva while the Rebbe was immersing. The point? Clearly the Rebbe was unable to give him a bracha as things were, and so he wanted to do something to "open a channel", to change things up Above.
In short, the gabbai did it, the Rebbe laughed, and the man's wife had a son nine months later.
Simcha poretz geder - joy breaks fences
Joy can accomplish the impossible.
My question is: there are many people who actually GOT brachos, but have yet to see the fulfillment of these brachos. It seems to me that it should be easier to get a bracha fulfilled than to do something to create a bracha where it wasn't previously possible. Whether true or not (that it's easier etc.) - here's my question:
In addition to "making vessels" to merit the fulfillment of a bracha, how would you make Hashem laugh, so to say? What can you think of that would "break through" the barriers when previous attempts have failed?