A Leader With A Golden Heart | Rabbi Moshe Feinstein | TORAH FOR KIDS AI

In the Yeshiva there was a little boy >> [music] >> that apparently came from a uh newly religious family. And this little boy, his [music] name was Philip. And he was wearing short jeans pants. And he didn't look like everybody else in the Yeshiva. >> [music] >> But this little 5 6-year-old boy was confused, was looking through his pockets. Some of the kids asked [music] him, "Everything okay?" He didn't answer anybody. It's okay he didn't answer anybody, but he moves on. Eventually Reb Moshe Feinstein is walking down the hall. He sees [music] this boy. He says, "Hi yeled. Hi Hi Hi boy. How uh I'm Moshe. Can I What's your [music] name?" He says, "Philip." He says, "Philip, can I help you with something?" He says, "Yeah, I'm looking for a nickel so I can make a phone call to my parents." He says, "I can help you." He starts looking through his pockets. "I don't have one. But one second, just wait [music] here. Philip, wait one here. I'm going to get it for you." 5-year-old, 6-year-old says, "Okay." No, he doesn't know what Moshe Feinstein is. He doesn't know that this is >> [music] >> Gedolah Dor, this is the Moshiach ben David generation that's going to get him a a little 5-cent uh little nickel. He just knows he needs a nickel. Reb Moshe Feinstein goes to the room. All the bachurim are learning over there. And uh he taps on one of the bachurim, "Yaakov, you have a nickel?" And Yaakov knows who Reb Moshe Feinstein is. He says, "No no no, kavod haRav, it's in the room. I can go get it." "No no no, bitul Torah, bitul Torah. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay." Then he goes, "Moshe, you have a nickel?" "No, but I have a no Bitul Torah, bitul Torah. It's okay. It's okay. He goes from one bachur to the next the whole class. Nobody has a nickel on them. >> [music] >> He says, "You know what? Let me check in the stocker box. Maybe somebody put a nickel in there." He opens the stocker box. He sees there's a nickel. He takes a quarter out of his pocket, he puts it there, and he takes the nickel. And then he goes and he's walking as fast as a 90-year-old man can. Philip! Philip! I got it! I got it! I got it for you. But Philip is not smiling. Philip is sad. By the time he gets [music] to him, he says, "Philip, I got it! I got the nickel!" "Ah, it's too late. You took too much time." "Why? Why not?" "No, you don't understand. Finally, after all this time that I'm here, I found a boy, David, that wants to play with me, [music] and I really like him, and I wanted to play with him. But he was waiting for me, cuz I realized that if I go play with him, my parents are going to worry, so I wanted to call my parents. But by the time you brought the nickel, David left already. That's it! Now I don't have any friends again!" And the kid starts crying. Now, between us, if you just gave the kid a nickel, [music] and the friend left, what do you say? "Okay, so find another friend." No, what? David's the last kid in the world? That's the attitude of a normal person. Normal person is, "What? The boy left? David left? Okay, I'll find you 500 other Davids." That's [music] the normal attitude. But Reb Moshe Feinstein is not a normal person. He says to him, "Philip, [music] you're right. It's my fault. It's my fault. I took too long. But I don't give up. Let's go find David." "No, he left! He left!" The kid is not doesn't care. He's upset. He's crying. "He left!" "No, no, we'll find him. Come on. David, let's go together." [music] He takes the little boy by the hand, and they walk out of the building, and they start going from playground to the 90-year-old Reb Moshe Feinstein and a little 5-year-old kid with little jean shorts, they're walking from playground to playground. Is he here? No, he's not here. See, you took too long. Okay, okay, we'll find the next one, next one. By the time they got to the third playground, he said, "Yeah, he's here, but look, he's playing with somebody else already." >> [music] >> Wait 1 second, wait one here. Reb Moshe Feinstein goes to David. David is hanging out on the swing. He's already playing with somebody else. He's living life. 5, 6 year-old, it's the best thing in life. He's on a swing. He sees the old man coming up to him. He says, "David, Philip is here." >> [music] >> "But I'm playing with somebody already." "No, no, no, David, you don't understand. It's Philip, he's a really good friend. He wants to play with you. He really wants to play with you." "Yeah, but he took too long. Oh, what am I going to wait for him? I already found somebody else." "Okay, so play with him, too. The all three of you can play." "I don't know." "David, Philip is the best friend YOU COULD EVER HAVE. I'M TELLING YOU, I KNOW HIM." "OKAY, FINE, FINE, I'll play with him." He brings David along. Now, while this is happening, there's some adults and some other older kids that know Reb Moshe Feinstein is. They think [music] maybe it's his grandson. They don't have no idea. Why is Reb Moshe Feinstein in the playground? No one knows. So, [music] David and Philip start playing. Reb Moshe Feinstein asks David, "Where is uh Philip? Uh what's the phone number so I can call your parents and tell them that everything is okay." He gives him the phone number and he leaves. After the Reb Moshe Feinstein leaves, the other kids come up to this kid. He's like, "Is Reb Moshe Feinstein your grandfather?" He goes, >> [music] >> "No." He goes, "Do you know who he is?" He goes, "I don't know. I think he's Eliyahu HaNavi." Now, to Philip, that's what it was. That was Eliyahu HaNavi. The reality is, Reb I >> [music] >> there's a difference. What's the difference? When we look at [music] a story like that about only said before we saw the conclusion, the average person says, "Listen, Philip, you lost your friend, find another one, tough it out, go find something else, figure it out. This is not the end of the world. Stop being a crybaby. Don't make it a big deal. Everything's going to be okay." Whatever other explanation we're going to come up with in different words, that's generally the way we look at things as [music] regular people. Gedolei Yisrael didn't just hear what people said and want to [music] help them. They felt their pain. And this is one of the greatest things that a person that wants to do better can start looking at things from a different perspective. Because how [music] can I feel the next person's pain rather than just do good for the sake of good or do good to [music] make myself feel good because I did good? What can bring me [music] to feel the other person's pain? Because that will change the whole equation. That will change [music] the way we look at things. >> One, two, three, four. One, two, three. One, two, three. >> B H S >> [music]