Prison Bars Didn’t Stop Him - R. Don Jarashow - TorahAnytime.com

Aribelash's father-in-law. He was known, he was a big saddic in he was known to be busy with people in jail. He would go down and he would take care of them and bring them food and their needs. And one time he went down to the jail and there was a guard and he said, "Get out of here. What what are you doing? Leave." And he said, "I visit the inmates. These are fellow yidden. These are fellow brethren and I want to take care of them." So the guard said, "If you're not out of here in the next 2 minutes, you're going to be incarcerated as well." So he said, "No option. What am I going to do? I'm going to start fighting with them. If my life is at risk if I'm going to get incarcerated, I have nothing to do." So he walked away. On the one hand, he wasn't interested in getting locked up. And on the other hand, he had to help these. So he decided when the guards when they got busy with something else, decided he's going to go and he's going to break in into the jail into the cell and he's going to figure out a way to get in there. So they got busy. Ari goes around, digs some type of hole, gets figures out how to get in, and he's with the inmates, and all of a sudden there's knock on the door, and he knows his life is over. He's he's he's this is it. He's done. And he's all scared, and his heart's pounding, and the inmates are like, "No, no, be careful. It's a rabbi." The guard that he encountered before said, "Okay, rabbi, you're you're done." And he took to the head to the chief to the chief guard. And he said, "This rabbi, he rebelled against us. I told him not to." And the the chief said, "Let me handle this." And the chief said, "Rabbi, you can stay everything. You can come. You're welcome to come as much as you want, whenever you want. Full access, free reign." And the first guard was so confused. I don't understand. Like, "This is my job. I'm supposed to tell him they can't come in." And he broke in. He went against the rules. And I told him he's going to be incarcerated. Now you're telling me everything is good. And he said, "Originally, when he came, I didn't know what his intention was. I didn't know what he wanted to do. He wanted to smuggle something in." as beyond which I had no idea. He said, "But now that is a kenam is brimming is unparalleled that he broke into the jail. He went against just to take care of another yid." He said, "How can I get in the way of such a he saw the love for another yid mamish exuding almost tangible coming out of a barrier?" And he said, "If this is the case, do you taka want to help yen in such a way in such a on such a high level?" He said, "How can I stop you? You're welcome to come anytime." When we are when we go out of our way to help another when we're I met someone today. He said, "You'll never ever lose out when you're when you're helping other people." Hashem give us the even when we don't feel it. When we're not up to someone at a door, someone that needs we just need to keep on going and move on, we say, "Wait one second. There's opportunity that lies. I can do something great. I can build the world. I can save the world. The world was going to get destroyed because of sin, because of an insensitivity. Who knows what we can do with an extra sensitivity with going out of our way with a good smile, a good gesture, a good word, looking out for Hashem's children, looking out ultimately and Hashem will take care of us into V.