I went to buy a coffee at Kanyon Hadar at lunchtime today. As usual, the security guard, a sweet Ethiopian man with a small knitted kippa, stopped me to check my bag. He ruffled through the contents, mainly sifrei kodesh. So I said to him:
"Which one would you like to study?"
To which he replied:
"I would really like to study about Tefilla."
I was unsure that I had heard him correctly, so I asked him what he had said.
"Tefilla, y'know - like the Tefillot of Shabbat. I'd love to understand them better."
He then told me that he'd love to get to a shiur but he also has an evening job, and he gets home too exhausted in the evenings.
Well, this encounter just put a big smile of my face. It's amazing how the security guard who you see every day is just such a special soul. We must never forget to value every person. And I was just filled with the feeling of how wonderful it is to live amongst our people, and just what incredible people we have.
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