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Snowstorm On Fire
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The year was 1956 in New Haven,
Connecticut. And the great blizzard of
56 had hit the city. 25 ines of snow
buried the streets and shut down schools
and stopped traffic in its tracks. And
you could imagine there were kids that
were thrilled and sleds were flying down
every hill and snowballs were being
thrown. And even the adults ended up
enjoying the unexpected time off from
work. But inside one house, there was no
joy, only worry. There was a woman named
Beverly Liboitz. She had just given
birth to her first and only son, and
today was the day of his bris. And she
had waited so long for this moment. And
all night she had cooked and she baked
and she set up her home. And she
prepared every [music] detail for what
should have been a joyous celebration.
But as she peakedked out the window at
the just endless white snow, her heart
sank. would anyone be able to make it
through the snow? Would anyone come at
all? And she dove and then she hoped and
she begged and please someone, anyone,
let someone come. She didn't really have
any family. Her closest friends lived
very far away and the streets were all
nearly impossible to navigate. The men
she knew might make it for the minion.
But but what about the women who would
be there to share in her sim?
The bris was called for 8:30 and it was
8:35 [music] and there's no one in
sight. 8:40 and Beverly is still looking
nervously out of the window. And 8:45
Beverly goes outside to see if [music]
perhaps someone, anyone, was walking
down the block as she squints her eyes
and she does not believe it. Is that
Judy Herman trudging through the snow?
Judy, you live a mile away? I can't
believe it. And Judy laughed with the
snow clinging to her hair and her coat.
Are you kidding me? I wouldn't miss your
son's bracelet. 100 ft of snow fell. And
minutes later, Sarra Glick appears in
the doorway. [music] Sar Glick, I don't
believe it. You just had surgery and you
walked in this weather. Are you serious?
You walk? Nothing would keep me away
from this bris. Sarah says. And then a
minute later, Miriam Seagull walks
through the doorway. Miriam Seagull, I
don't believe it. You walked all this
way. You live 2 and 1/2 miles from here.
It's 12° outside. It's a blizzard. And
Miriam [music] grinned. Beverly, I'd
walk halfway across the world for you.
And Beverly just stood there
overwhelmed, and there's tears streaming
down her face. And she embraces each
friend that she waited so long for this
son. And yet here were her friends
sacrificing and risking discomfort and
battling the storm just to be there for
her. And her heart swelled with
gratitude and love and awe. But the
[music] story didn't end there because
exactly 9 months from that day, the
miracle of that snowy brisk unfolded in
a way no one could have ever imagined.
All three of those women had a baby boy
on the exact same day. And that day,
Beverly Leewitz that morning was
repaying their kindness with attending
three separate bristim of [music] the
three women that showed up for her.
Incredible that these three women who
happened to have been the three women
that [music] walked miles in the snow to
attend their friend's bris remarkably
all had a baby on the exact [music] same
day 9 months later. Incredible.
Now, listen to something else [music]
even more incredible. These weren't just
regular women who had baby boys on the
same day. These weren't regular Bristen.
Judy Herman, the woman who walked a
[music] mile in the snow, had only
girls, and had been longing for a son
for years. Surlick, who just out of
surgery walked to the bris, had two
children, then struggled with second
term infertility for 8 years.
Miriam Seagull, the woman who walked
[music] over two miles to the bris, was
celebrating the bris of her first child
after waiting and hoping [music] and
crying for 10 years to have a child. 10
years, she says, [music] childless. And
today was the bris of her child. You
hear that? Each one of these women had
endured struggle. [music] Each had their
challenge. Yet, each one had chosen to
act with love and loyalty and faith.
[music] And in return, Hashem rewarded
them with unimaginable blessing. Because
that's the truth. Hashem isn't stingy
with blessing. He's not hiding it. He's
not holding it back. He wants [music] to
pour it onto you more than you want it
for yourself. But sometimes he needs
[music] one thing from you first. Show
up in the storm. Take one step [music]
when it's freezing outside. Choose the
right move when it's the hardest move.
Prove to yourself that you're ready for
what he's waiting to give you.