{"id":98730,"date":"2022-11-20T03:25:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T01:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98730"},"modified":"2022-11-20T03:25:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T01:25:15","slug":"comforting-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/comforting-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Comforting Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comforting Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n

On a visit to Canada, my hosts prepared a comfortable, spacious room for me on the main floor of their home. There were a number of women, as well as couples, who shared this floor. I therefore requested a room in the basement instead. When my host heard my unusual request, he was stunned. \u201cHonored Rav,\u201d he implored, \u201chow can I agree to such a request? It is not fitting for someone of your stature to sleep in the basement. Besides, it is dangerous to sleep there.\u201d<\/p>\n

I countered that it was many times more dangerous to sleep on a floor where inappropriate thoughts were liable to assault me. I insisted on moving to the basement. To my host\u2019s credit, he did not refuse my request and did as I asked.<\/p>\n

People often think that they can get a good night\u2019s sleep only if they sleep in an airy room with a good mattress and fresh linens. But this is not the case. Only living by the tenets of Torah will afford a person a restful sleep.<\/p>\n

Although the room in the basement was on a lower level of physical comfort, I slept very well. I was calmed by the knowledge that I was doing the right thing. Baruch Hashem<\/em>, I was spared the Yetzer Hara<\/em> of having inappropriate thoughts during sleep.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, as I was sleeping, I felt my kippah<\/em> falling from my head. I was alarmed and immediately woke up, intending to pick up my kippah<\/em> from the floor. But then I felt an invisible hand lift my kippah<\/em> and place it on my head. I know that people will be skeptical at hearing this narrative. They might think I dreamed the whole thing. But I can vouch that this account is 100% true.<\/p>\n

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  1. With his devoted attendant, Rabbi Moshe Mirali<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When I related it to my son, Rabbi Refael and my escort, R\u2019 Moshe Mirali, they asked if I wasn\u2019t afraid about this incident. I replied no. It was not an act of the kelippah<\/em>. The hand that returned my kippah<\/em> to my head wanted to protect me, not cause me to sin.<\/p>\n

    I believe that the incident with the kippah was a clear indication from Hashem that He was pleased with my decision to change rooms, as I was more concerned with my spiritual repose than with any physical comfort<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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