“I Saw Him Crying—So I Said These Words That Changed Everything”

One rainy night, Menachem was walking down the street when he passed a yeshiva. Around 30 boys ran out of the building, full of energy. Suddenly, one of them tripped over someone’s foot and fell—straight into a puddle of mud.

His nice clothes were soaking wet, his hat was ruined, and worst of all—it happened in front of everyone. You could see how humiliated he felt.

Menachem’s heart broke. He couldn’t just walk away.

He followed the boy back into the yeshiva. There, he found him sitting on a bench, crying quietly. Deep, painful sobs.

Menachem sat next to him and gently said: “What just happened to you is really hard. It’s painful and embarrassing. But you should know something—this moment is also very special. When someone gets hurt and doesn’t answer back, their prayers have a special power in Heaven. You can ask for anything right now.”

The boy looked up, still crying.

Menachem continued, “I have a sister who’s been trying to find a good match for marriage for a long time. And I have a relative in the hospital. Could you give them a blessing?”

Through his tears, the boy whispered a blessing for Menachem’s sister to find her match, and for the sick family member to get better.

Two days later, Menachem’s sister got a wonderful suggestion for a match. Two weeks later—mazal tov—she was engaged! The sick relative? She got better quickly and went back to school soon after.

Menachem came back to the boy and shared the good news. He even invited him to the engagement party and the wedding. The whole yeshiva heard what happened—and the boy, who had been so hurt, realized that his pain had been turned into something beautiful. He was even able to forgive the friend who had caused him to fall.

Menachem shared the story with a rabbi. A few months later, the rabbi told him how it helped him. Right before Passover, when rabbis are super busy helping everyone, someone from the community called the rabbi and shouted at him. He was completely wrong—but the rabbi stayed calm and didn’t yell back. He remembered the story about the boy.

That same night, the rabbi’s daughter-in-law was giving birth, and suddenly there was a scary emergency. The family called the rabbi to pray, and he did. Miraculously, the baby was born healthy and the mother was safe too.

Menachem finished the story by saying: “Sometimes in life, we get hurt. Someone embarrasses us or treats us badly. If we can stay quiet and not fight back, our prayers at that moment are very strong. Hashem listens. We don’t look for these moments—they just happen. But when they do, remember: they are a special gift. Use them. Pray for others. That’s how you can bring big blessings into the world.”