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1 May 2012

A punch and a slap

A number of years ago my uncle was walking down one of the neighborhood streets on Friday evening when he was approached by a man brandishing a gun who demanded his wallet. My uncle explained that he was Jewish and did not carry money on the Sabbath. Fortunately, the man did not harm him.
I recalled this incident when I read an article this morning titled Young Bochur Assaulted for Not Having What to Steal. It seems the 15-year-old youth was walking home from shul on Motzaei Shabbat when he was accosted by two men demanding his cell phone. The boy was punched in the face after the would be robbers searched his pockets and came up empty.

Chadrei Charedim has an article about a man who had passed away and appeared to his son in a dream. Years before, the son had been falsely accused by a student in the class of taking his Gemara. The maggid shiur went up to the boy and slapped him, not realizing that the boy had been unjustly accused. The father of the boy related in the dream that a judgment was taking place in the heavens relating to the incident. The boy consulted with Rav Kanievsky. It was ascertained that the teacher was in the hospital and, in the presence of a minyan of men, the son forgave the maggid shiur.

Here's an article titled Bluffton teacher accused of assaulting student, commenting about Nazis, Jews.

1 comment:

  1. The article adds that the time when the teacher was hospitalized was exactly the same time that he had the dream.

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