Bizyonot — How Humiliation Can Save One from Death and Enable One to Bless Others

Bizyonot — How Humiliation Can Save One from Death and Enable One to Bless Others

The Zohar HaKadosh on Bizyonot: Rabbi Abba once saw a Jew sleeping on a pile of sand. A large snake slithered over and was about to bite him, but before it could do so, a mongoose caught it. At that moment, the Jew awoke, and as soon as he stepped off the pile of sand, it collapsed into an abyss. Rabbi Abba was deeply astonished by this double miracle that the Almighty had performed for the Jew. He therefore approached him and asked: – What merits do you have that G-d protects you in this way? – I always try not to answer someone who humiliates me; moreover, I try to respond to him with kindness.

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Rav Leor Perepel related: Several years ago, a student of the renowned Wolf Seminary for religious girls was marrying a student of one of the well-known yeshivot. As customary, the families arrived at the wedding hall early to prepare everything properly. In the center of the hall stood a large table for the distinguished rabbis who would take part in the festive meal together with the groom. After some time, the head of the seminary, the great Torah scholar Rav Wolf, entered the hall. The bride's and groom's parents invited the Rav to sit at the main table. After some hesitation, Rav Wolf agreed. Soon the hall filled with wedding guests, and there was no longer any room at the table of honor. Then a respected Rav who taught at the groom's yeshivah entered the wedding hall. One of the yeshivah students felt that the newly arrived Rav had to sit at the main table. The student therefore approached Rav Wolf and asked him to find a seat elsewhere in the hall so that the distinguished guest could be seated. Rav Wolf was extremely embarrassed; he had rarely experienced such humiliation. He was not even sure that an empty seat could be found in the hall. But the student, who apparently thought he was performing a great mitzvah, was not satisfied with merely making the request. He took Rav Wolf's plate and said that he would move it to another place. And then Rav Wolf remembered a story about a man who had gone to the leader of the generation, Rav Chaim Kanievsky (shlita), to ask for a blessing to have children, since he had been childless for many years. Rav Chaim told him that the only advice he could offer was to find someone who had been deeply humiliated but had not responded to the humiliation, and ask that person for a blessing, since at that moment his blessing had great power in Heaven. And so it happened: several weeks later, at a wedding, one Jew began to harshly insult another. The man in need of a blessing immediately approached the victim and said: – I have been sent to you by Rav Chaim Kanievsky. Please, do not respond to him! The humiliated man did not respond, and afterward he blessed the messenger that he should have many children. And that is exactly what happened: the blessing was received by the man who so desperately needed it. Within a year, a child was born to him. Rav Wolf thought: There is a girl in my seminary who has been unmarried for many years. He turned to the Almighty: – Please, in the merit of my humiliation, find a suitable groom for this girl. Within a few days, the girl was introduced to a 42-year-old man. They liked each other, and just a few months later they were married. At the end of the story, Rav Wolf said: “I had often heard stories of how the Almighty sent salvation to people in the merit of humiliations to which they did not respond. But only after experiencing it myself did I understand how difficult it is to endure humiliation and remain silent.” How great is a person's merit for such an act! His sins are forgiven in Heaven, and he is granted a special power to bless. About ten years ago, there was an incident in which unworthy people, in pursuit of their political goals, unjustifiably humiliated the leader of the generation, Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman (zt"l). The Rav merely said: “How fortunate I am for every minute that these people humiliate me! For during this time, my sins are forgiven.” (Rav Eliezer Matsebeker)   More on Bizyonot: How to Become a Rothschild  How to Become a Rothschild—Wealth Through Bizyonot Rabbi of Zvhil — Serving G-d Through Bizyonot   Bizyonot – a segula against death Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and Bizyonot Tehillim on Bizyonot - Why It Is So Important to HaShem That We Remain Silent