Power of Giving - Short Story of Solomon and the Italian Alps RAV GAV

[Music] we give to something there sometimes I'm gonna rifle but it's clear as day to us that we see that we get back sometimes it's less noticeable but it's guaranteed that if you give something you're gonna get back you give something here together back now this is like something particular to the concept when we say about sadaqa/charity itself we didn't even branch out a little bit which I want to do but let's let's let's try to first understand it a a fascinating story that I heard from a friend of mine this actually happened to his family I wanted to call before I came here just to get refresh in the story so it's a little bit off forgive me the main point is still there I think the guy's name was Solomon I think it was Solomon last name Solomon and this fellow was was in the German army now this is in World War 1 but were one he was in the German army and he was fighting in the Italian Alps so he's at the Italian Alps and his job was he was a high-ranking official he was a scout but he had to do is he would go ahead and when he would find that they'll say there's enemies up ahead he would go back to tell these people to come back and attack the meals ok so that Germany is fighting against Italy the Jews at the time were very much on the side of the Germans at that time we're in World War one we're talking about so he comes head out from the snowy Alps down the snowy out of Italy and they're going in and he sees a bunch of Italian troops so it quickly goes back to get his people and they come ahead and they surround them and they capture them now what they're meant to do is to take them back as prisoners of war that's what they're supposed to do but the guy in command over there was just like he's like this is crazy you know it's freezing and like we want to go all the way back where any making headway let's just shoot them here and Salomon I think was the name maybe he's like whoa whoa whoa that's not what we do stand yeah and no we're out in the middle nowhere no whatever is like you don't do that so you guys come out what's the big deal you know we'll just we'll shoot them well bury them in the snow know we'll know anything and we'll move on and he stood in front of them he said I'm not gonna let you do that listen Salomon stand down you want to shoot them a problem but you can't have to shoot me first not letting this happen these are people of families you understand this is war but they don't have any weapons we we have them now the prisoners we put them away we don't kill them in a cold blood not happening freezing blood right out there so he didn't want a whole hearing like he has to find that what happened to him afterwards when they shot the guy and actually killed them so like all right he's just fine we'll bring him back fine fast forward punch years later this guy moves to America he moves the place called Chicago Chicago Chicago and he beats his living as a kind of like construction Fixit side type of thing and he's doing this thing and perhaps some of you remember there was a tremendous fire in Chicago in the 20s which which big big fire and destroyed a lot of private is one particular building which that devastated so this guy worked in construction from his truck you know whatever he was like a small little you know fix there do this band whatever he's like this is a goldmine now because they're gonna destroy this building now because of the fire they're gonna get money from insurance maybe there's stuff in there that's salvageable that he could use for his own company so he went to the building well into the building manager and he said do you mind if I go in to take some of the stuff that I could do is he goes listen I'm getting insurance money anyway go ahead take whatever you want so he goes in there backs his truck right up to the building and he starts throwing taking things taking things taking things dangerous he's doing this thing scattering all the stuff from the chart I feel like a long day of work cuz he's doing his thing what happens thank you so much giving that's amazing here this is for you okay you get alright so so after this this long day of just doing this he's tired his hands all dirty he goes back inside you know what still watch his hands he's like a faucet turns on the faucet starts watching his hands as is watching his hands he's looking at this water and it's realizing that it looks pretty dirty he's like washing his hands with dirt the water looks like yellowish whatever figure there's a fire destroyed or whatever but then he smelled something strange it didn't smell like water its smelled like alcohol and he's like alcohol and the me Thomas is washing his hands he overhears two people behind them speaking in Italian now he speaks Italian because he was stationed in the Italian Alps during World War one he over here is one saying to the other oh no he found our stash what stash what was going on in the 20s in America prohibition prohibition so what was the Mafia doing gathering as much alcohol as they can and under that building was the reservoir of where they kept the alcohol and this was the one tab for all of the illegal alcohol has going on in Chicago and this Yahtzee I was washing his hands with illegal prohibition alcohol and he overhears them going in Italian oh no he found our stash we have to kill him so he like you know he gets a little shudder but then he realizes they're in Chicago he doesn't speak Italian so he just pretends like nothing happened shuts the faucet he goes oh hey guys I'm just gonna go now you know thank you thanks and they're like not so fast have a seat what are you talking about how to see where I don't know what you're talking why would I sit I have to go in the truck and nice dry sit out and they put it down they time to this chair and they one goes to the other the big boss likes to take care of people like this that's called big boss so he said mamillus think I'm speaking how they're gonna kill him and he's like oh great you know I got all my life to get killed in a fiery building I mean is crazy you know as he's doing his thing the big boss arrives walks into the room and you know he goes Luigi Mario what's going on and they said listen this is a guy but I think I better and if I'm doing something Italian what is this man found their stash that was okay rageh show off you okay that's a good he said she doesn't even look at Marian Luigi he just looks at the guy sitting in the chair he goes oh yeah this guy this guy felled our stuff that he goes yeah yeah this is hi boys get out of here boss you want us to go get out of here take it okay they leave he goes to the guy he says so where were you on the night of December whatever 1914 and whatever was yeah and he goes you can do this his hands were tied I was I mean whatever he goes but were you he goes listen I didn't want to save us in Italy because then he's gonna know that he's giving up that he spoke Italian whatever and he says I don't know your side do speak Italian yeah so you guys I don't know he goes I'll tell you where you were you were fighting for the Germans you're in the Italian Alps does that what you're talking about yeah you know I'm talking about yeah we know where you were because you are in the Italian Alps after just capturing a group of Italian soldiers and you stood in front of them and you said and if you're gonna kill them you'll kill me first and you know how I know this because I was standing right behind you you saved my life I'll tell you what I'm gonna do for you now I'm only gonna chop up your fingers yeah could be yourself lucky he says what I'm gonna do now is I'm gonna let you go and you're gonna turn out and walk out of here and never tell this story again when I told this to my kids ago well I guess he told the story that we know the story that's a way to you know the Don died you know who would have thought this guy saved someone's life in the Alps they ever made and by doing that what goes around comes that eventually gets his life saved by this very guy because he decided to go abandon us anyway friends but the sin Vanessa knew it goes both ways since the Vilna Gaon actually points out the gone from Dilma if you started he points out that if you look on top of the word fitness and knew it has the truck the time in the notes what are the notes you never know so maybe we have different tourists but in mine now you didn't find your tickle so I don't even know what half the back but it's the word Scott the BA if ya ask look good we're on the same page so show me that right so we do it by we I mean Ashkenazim vinyasa no right which means what God Mafia sorry sounded some political you know we just kind of boring away way too bearish on Shelley more okay so so it happens then I'm solution Cosmo guys look I movie just love you look at the mill estate the shape one goes like this one goes like that which means to say it goes like this and then it goes like that it goes back and it goes boys when you go ahead or let me say differently it goes forth and then it comes back when a person goes in and behaves in a certain way to start the gifts or something it alters your life it could save your life perhaps you've heard of the expression suka that so many mothers sadaqa Tatsumi mother sorts that got to see me move it Sadako giving charities what's that Mahadev right sadaqa saves you for death cuz I mean Sadako saves you from death okay so cuz I'll teaches this we know this is the way it is sadaqa saves you from death this is a real deal say no games people it's a serious business bitnet saves your life you give sadaqa I could seed your life so most of these concepts end up being in the spiritual realm of us perhaps never understanding or seeing how [Music]