During the Six Day War, when bomb
shelters were full and air raid sirens were blasting, many of the inhabitants of the Meah
Shearim area of Jerusalem sat together in one bomb shelter. Among them was the great Rosh Yeshiva of Mir, Harav Chaim Shmuelevitz of blessed memory. Together, people said Tehilim and prayed that they should not be harmed and that Jerusalem should be liberated. Amongst them was a woman who was known to all. She had been divorced and had gone through a great deal of agony from her ex-husband. She had spent years in pain over matrimonial issues. Suddenly the woman blurted out and said to God, "I forgive my husband for all the pain he has caused me. Just let us come out of this alive." Rav Chaim turned to his students and said, " If we leave this shelter unharmed and in fact if the State of Israel wins the war, I believe it is in the merit of this woman." When one person sins against another, the offended person should not begrudge him and stay quiet ... rather he is obligated to protest and say "Why did you do this to me?". (Maimonidies Laws of Da'os 6;6) |
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