Leadership Story

Just came across a story about Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik by Victor Parachin in July’s Toastmaster Magazine…

<<During the 20th century a devastating fire broke out in the Russian town of Brisk. Many homes were completely destroyed. Hard hit were shacks belonging to the poor. Although the Rabbi’s home was not damaged, he slept that night in the synagogue with the many others who lost their homes. When the town’s citizens asked him why he was doing so, he told them he would continue sleeping in the synagogue “until everyone has a roof over his head. If I remain in my own house, who knows how long it will take the community to raise the necessary funds to rebuild the homes of all the poor, the widows and the orphans? But if it is known that I too will sleep here until the work is completed, the fund-raising will go much faster.� Finally, when the last house was rebuilt, Rabbi Chaim returned to his own home.>>
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