BAAL SHEM TOV 30 - LES 10 VOLEURS POUR SAUVER UNE MAMAN

We are in the 18th century in Eastern Europe and suddenly a child knocks on the Rabbi's door and says, "Rabbi, my mother is sick, Rabbi,""The doctors, they said they can't heal her,""I beg you, Rabbi." And there is the Baal Shem Tov, he sees a little 8-year-old boy. " What is your name?""My name is David."" Rabbi.""Can you come?""Yes, my son."" Come on, let's go.""I'll put on my coat and we'll go." And the Rabbi goes out. He arrives at the mother's house. They are all crying.

And the Rabbi prays to God and the situation does not change. He has been praying for an hour. And then suddenly, he turns to the husband and says to him, "I would like you to go to that street over there""and bring me the 10 thieves.""Rabbi?""What? What did you say?""The 10 thieves?""Yes, yes .""Tell them I am waiting for them." And there.

"Rabbi.""Here are the 10 thieves, they are here.""Yes.""Running to help you.""Come in.""Do you see this lady here?""She is seriously ill.""I need you to pray with me.""Oh my God, oh my God,""my God, I beg You.""It's a mother, a young mother with babies around her.""They need her.""Save her, heal her.""We cannot have children like that, orphans.""My God, I beg You, save her, heal her." And all of a sudden, all the thieves: "My God, save her, heal her." The mother is in a state, the thieves all repeat together. the illness and the Baal Shem Tov is crying and the thieves are crying; they are so moved, they have such pity. And after half an hour, the mother starts to open her eyes. The mother starts to get some color back.

The mother starts to talk. "Give her something to drink." And then the Baal Shem Tov turns and says to the thieves, "Thank you very much." And the Rabbi goes home. That's it, she is cured. So a student goes to see him and says, "I don't understand.""Why did you call the thieves?""Excuse me, Rabbi, for asking the question, but I want to learn, I want to understand." So the Rabbi says, "My son, listen well.""When I started to pray, I saw that all the doors were closed,""with the locks blocked.""It wouldn't pass.""That was it, it was the end for this lady." So, I said, "You know what?

If we can't anymore, then we'll try to bring in some thieves. They know how to open doors, they know how to break locks. Ouch! Ha ha!

See, it's a bit funny, and it opened the doors. My son, when Hashem saw that thieves knew how to pray from the bottom of their hearts, even a wicked person who is very far away turns to Hashem. Well, He opened the doors. How does someone so far away draw closer to God and pray with all their heart, fervently, purely?

Hashem opens the doors. There, it’s thanks to those thieves that she was healed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, oh, oh, even a wicked person, even a villain, even a bandit, even someone who is on the other side of the earth and comes for Rosh Hashanah and comes for Yom Kippur and says to Hashem," That's it, I want to come back to You.

"" That's it, I want to change. "" That's it, help me. "" Hashem, help me. "You are...someone who puts their trust in God 100%, they are surrounded by kindness.

What does" surrounded by kindness "mean? That perhaps, suddenly, the solution comes from the right, from the left, suddenly , even if it's a wicked person, and even the prayer of anyone who says it strongly and sincerely.