The Rebbe's Visit | Rabbi Mordechai Stern

A number of years ago, one of the Talmidim of the Gaon and Tzaddik, R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach זכרונו לברכה, was talking to him in learning in his house in Sha’arei Chesed. And the Talmid mentioned to the Rebbe that after we finish speaking in learning, I'm taking a bus to Bayit Vagan, to where my new apartment is, to go check out and take care of a number of things that I need to in the new apartment I'll be moving into soon with my family. So when they finished talking in learning, R’ Shlomo Zalman mentioned to him, You know, I'm also going to Bayit Vagan. If we're taking a bus, we might as well take a bus together. So they continued talking in learning, and they got on the bus, and they traveled the long route until they got to Bayit Vagan. And at a certain point, the Talmid said, Okay, Rebbe. This is my stop. I'm going to go. So he got up to get off of the bus, and at that point, R’ Shlomo Zalman said: I have to get off over here also. So R’ Shlomo Zalman got off together with the Talmid, and then he said to him: You know, I'm here already. I might as well come and see your new apartment. They go into the new apartment building, and R’ Shlomo Zalman comes with the Talmid and they start walking around the apartment. And R’ Shlomo Zalman is looking and he starts praising and focusing on all the positive aspects of the apartment. He's saying: Look at this beautiful kitchen. It will be so spacious, your wife will appreciate it. And here you'll be able to make Shabbos Seudos. And look at this מרפסת, it's so airy. And it’s such a wonderful apartment, and there is so much space for your family, and you'll be able to make Simchas here. And he walks around the apartment, praising and being משבח every single area and expressing his Simcha for the Talmid’s happiness of being able to move into this special new apartment. And after a few minutes, he takes leave, and again, he gives him a Bracha that everything should go well in the apartment. And the Talmid turns to his Rebbe and he says: Rebbe, can I ask the Rebbe a question? Was Rebbe really coming to Bayit Vagan anyways? And R’ Shlomo Zalman smiled and he said to his Talmid, I'll tell you the truth, I took the trip special, because I wanted the opportunity to be מכניס an עין טובה into your apartment, before you moved in. I wanted to take the opportunity to come and look at every single spot in your apartment with an עין טובה, and to be מכניס the Bracha that comes from an עין טובה into your apartment. That's why I came. מוריי ורבותיי, we have no idea what the Ko’ach of our heilige oygen, our holy Einayim are. The Recanati writes, The heiliger Mekubal, the Recanati, writes that our eyes are like Kruvim, our Einayim have the Ko’ach to be משרה שכינה. The Kav HaYashar writes in Perek 2 that when a person focuses his eyes on דברים שבקדושה, he saturates and imbues his eyes, he's מושך a Ko’ach of Kedushah that's גורם הרבה בקדושה, that creates the tremendous impact of Kedushah on his eyes and with his eyes. So often, we wish that we can bring Bracha to others. People who are struggling, people who need a Shidduch, people who need Parnassah, people who need a Refuah, people who need so much Bracha in their lives. We have the Ko’ach. If we're Shomer our Einayim, if we utilize our Einayim to be מושך the Ko’ach of Kedushah, our Einayim are repositories and reservoirs of Kedushah. And if we look at someone with a Bracha and an עין טובה, we can create an impact that we cannot even begin to fathom.