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Even while oiling the wheels, he is davening!

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In the shtetl of Berditchev, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak once saw a simple Jew oiling his wagon wheels, wearing his tallis and tefillin, right in the middle of davening. The townspeople scoffed. Why is he working during prayers? But the Berditchever smiled. What a holy Jew, he said. Even with his hands in oil and grease, he is praying. He always found the good in every Jew. Think of today. A young man watches Gemara cartoons with Reb Ellie Stefansky. Some say, cartoons? Is that not downgrading the Torah? But what would the Berditchever say? He would smile and say, look, while he is watching cartoons, he is learning Gemara.