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edition of the tar illuminated series
we're going to do something a little bit
different I want to tell you a story
I'm not a big Storyteller but this story
happened to me personally in connection
with how this series was formed we
started it about a year ago it was
dedicated liloi nishmas Mr Jean mesh
Allah
he was a remarkable man beloved for his
kindness his generosity
and his love for aretz Israel
this series was dedicated to his memory
and last week
was his first yard side and I was
invited by his mishbacha the Harris
family of Cleveland to deliver a chuva
address
Masai on his first yard site
I was scheduled to take off at 2 10 pm
on a Thursday afternoon
I arrive in the airport plenty of time
and in honor of this trip my wife got me
a new suitcase
to take on the plane this way I wouldn't
have to check it in and I was only going
for the night and it was perfect for the
occasion the thing was
I wasn't really used to this suitcase so
when I put my stuff through the security
I had three items with me I had a
knapsack
with my notes in it I had a hat box for
my hat
and I had my suitcase my wheelie that I
was going to take on the plane
with a few personal items and my talison
film I put all three items through the
security
and a little while later I'm sitting
at the gate I have my hat box I have my
knapsack where's my suitcase I can't
believe it I don't have my suitcase
what's in it I said are my notes in it
that's the first thing that came to mind
because that's why I'm going to
Cleveland to give a drush I have my nose
in my nose
but my wheelie mitalison's phone are in
there I can't believe where is it I must
have left it in the concession stand
where I got a drink it was a very hot
day I was a little bit uh dehydrated it
must be there I must have left it there
while I was paying I ran back there my
adrenaline was pumping
I said did you see the suitcase it
wasn't there where could it be I said oh
no I must have left it at security I
wasn't used to the suitcase it was a
brand new suitcase am I ever gonna find
it the last place you want to leave a
suitcase is in an airport you know you
leave a suitcase unattended to in an
airport I don't know what they blow it
up or something
am I ever gonna see this again I run
and in between the two conveyor belts is
this table
I never knew what that table was for I
run there I look at one end of the
security conveyor belt the other end the
suitcase wasn't there
but it was lying there untouched for
about a half hour on that table in the
middle
and I got my suitcase back
I was very grateful tacos borrow flu
if anyone knows me they know I'm very
connected to Red mayor ramire Balinese
so of course I said any
I was very grateful by the way I went on
the plane and they told us we're gonna
take off soon imminently there's just
some traffic and then they said no not
yet there might be some weather and
they're looking for a route and a
reroute
and they kept on stalling and stalling
and an hour passes and two hours pass
and after three hours they say we have
to go back to refuel and we get go back
to the gate to refuel and a man gets on
the plane and says your flight has been
canceled
can't believe it here it is Aman I spent
three hours on the runway I prepared a
drasha I called a friend in Cleveland he
was able to arrange a live stream of
this year so I ran back to my house I
went to my office I gave the sheer I
think it went over pretty well bar
Hashem and I'm thinking to myself
why did I have to go to the airport in
the first place if it needed to be
canceled you know I've flown to many
places I've never sat on the runway for
three hours I never had a flight cancel
why did this happen to me
and then it hit me that this was one of
the most important experiences of my
life
because it taught me a very important
lesson
you know imagine if I would have gotten
on that plane and flown to Cleveland
would I ever have seen that suitcase
again
if anybody knows the way suitcases work
in airplanes it would be somewhat of a
miracle if I was reunited with that
suitcase put it this way in a timely
fashion if ever
the reason I was able to get that
suitcase
and have it right away
it's because I was still in the airport
when you're still in the airport you've
got a fighting chance to find your
suitcase
if you're not in the airport anymore
lots of luck fighting your suitcase
and that really highlighted to me
what the aceres all about
because as long as we're still alive
we could still do chuva as long as we're
still alive we could still repent we
could correct our actions we could go
back in time and maybe if we didn't act
properly in the past we could go back
and
we could go back and correct and rectify
and fix if we're still alive if we're
still in the airport
and that's the gift Hashem gave us to
all of us who have the great opportunity
of yamaki Purim alive in this world
we're still in the airport we could
still go back and try to find our
suitcase and repair
and correct and repent for our past
misdeeds the suitcase can still be found
as long as you're still in the airport
as long as the person is still alive
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it's possible to fix it's possible to
correct it's possible to change it's
possible to change one's Destiny and be
zoysa to a gamachasi mataiva wishing
everyone
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