{"id":98989,"date":"2022-11-20T04:55:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T02:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98989"},"modified":"2022-11-20T04:55:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T02:55:01","slug":"a-touching-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/a-touching-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"A Touching Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Touching Incident<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was once hospitalized and was severely limited in my movements. I needed physical help to perform various activities. At all times, I had someone at my side: a family member, a disciple, or my devoted secretary. But one time, just when my secretary was in the next room engrossed in prayer, the nurses walked in and wanted to treat me.<\/p>\n

Of course, I refused to allow them to touch me. In spite of my protests that my secretary would be with me in just a few moments, the nurses insisted that I be tended to immediately. I therefore asked one of them to call up my wife and ask her to send over a yeshiva student to help me. But they refused me this favor. So I asked that at least a male nurse tend to me. But they refused this request, as well. It was a Sunday, when the hospital is understaffed.<\/p>\n

My shouts did not do the job, so I politely called over one of the nurses and asked to speak to her. I have no idea what went through this nurse\u2019s mind in those moments. All I thought about was Miriam Haneviah, sister of Moshe and Aharon, whom we read about in the previous week\u2019s parashah of Beha\u2019alotcha<\/em>. I thought that if I shared stories of the Torah with them just then, they would take me for a lunatic and leave me alone.<\/p>\n

I told this nurse that Miriam said only a small thing against her brother Moshe, yet was struck with tzara\u2019at.<\/em> Who knows what her punishment would have been had she spoken outright lashon hara<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you know that my Jewish name is Miriam?\u201d she asked, shaken and pale.<\/p>\n

The truth is that I did not know this beforehand. But I understood that she thought the story was a portent of what she could expect to happen to her.<\/p>\n

I strongly felt Hashem\u2019s hand directing me specifically to this nurse and telling her specifically this story. Taking full advantage of the moment, I warned her, \u201cDo not touch me, lest what happened to Miriam happen to you!\u201d<\/p>\n

The woman was visibly alarmed. She quickly called all of the other nurses to leave my room and called in a male nurse, who tended to me appropriately. From that day on, my word was law among all the hospital staff. <\/em><\/p>\n

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