EMETTalk - Rabbi Naftali Reich - One Small Deed Can Change The World

if everybody can please help me welcome Rabbi Reich to the [Applause] stage I'm going to that thank you everybody just want to share with you the power of the smallest Mitzvah that we do the butterfly effect that it can have the impact the Ripple waves we can't imagine now in England I grew up in England and one of the landmarks in every Main Street in every duts every city every Hamlet every every village is a Tesco I don't know if you know but the supermarket chain the dominant supermarket chain in England is called Tesco its rival Safeway I think runs a close second but Tesco is huge across the country it was founded by a man by the name of Jack Cohen his wife was Tessy and he called it tessco for Tessy Cohen and sure enough he was a magnate of philanthropist it was in about 1982 I was a young boy when he was retiring and as he retired they made a big dinner for him I think it was in the clares hotel in London in some fancy hotel and they brought together the regional directors the executives from across the country to salute the accomplishments of this amazing man Jack Cohen that employed thousands and thousands of people tremendously good reputation and and at the dinner he stood up and he said I want to share with everybody how Tesco began he said I came off the boat I was a refugee a young man fleeing The Inferno of Nazi Germany after Crystal KN I came with the suit on my back I was penniless I got off the boat in folkton in England I didn't have any money the authorities gave me5 so that I should have money to get to the train ride in London buy a couple sandwiches and be able to get supposedly to my relatives over there but I didn't have any relatives I got to London I bought a little food I slept on a park bench I woke up in the morning all I had in my pocket was a half a penny a hay peny it's called that's what I had the smallest coin and I was figuring what am I going to do how am I going to start my business and then all of a sudden I felt a tremendous need I need to go to the bathroom uh-oh well when Mother Nature Calls we don't have much option the public Laboratories in England The Gents you have to put in a Hony in the door to open it up and there goes my last Ray of Hope he said I walked into the gents and as I'm walking in very full on there was a fellow coming out from the store and he said don't worry young lady I'll keep the door open for you and he kept the door open for him so I came out I still had my Hony I went out I went on ptico Lane in the east side I saw there was a very nice Jewish lady selling apples and I decided let me buy some apples I asked the lady if I give you a hypony will you give me a bag of apples on credit and I'll pay you back at the end of the day and she said yes and I took those apples I stood at the street corner and I sold them each for a hapy and I had a bag of coins and each day she gave me a couple of bags and I kept coming back to her people had rahas on me I guess and they bought got the Apple from me and slowly but surely I had enough money for rent and then I had enough money for a push cart and then slowly but surely I married my wife and we were able to buy a corner grocery store and the rest is history so my friends he looked out at the crowd please keep the door open for the next person because you have no idea how one small act for one of us for man can have such a huge impact for man kind thank you wow with a minute and 6 seconds to spare fantastic okay