We are different not only in soul but in body as well. But simply recognizing this serves no purpose. We have to act upon it
Not long after I joined the prestigious Chicago Community Kollel in 1985, I headed to the beis medrash for second seder. I hadn’t gone far when an elderly woman stopped her car in the middle of the one-way street and approached me.
“Do you know how to drive a car in reverse?” she asked.
Apparently, a moving truck was parked further down the street and making it impossible to reach Devon Avenue, the woman’s planned destination. The only way out for her was to back up the entire length of the block and try a different street, but she was uncomfortable doing so, and thus turned to me for help.
I was happy to oblige and offered for her to join me as the passenger. She told me that she preferred walking and meeting up at the corner.
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