Dov Weisel is a modest man who runs from honor, but the truth is that he is the manager of Israel�s largest anti-poverty organization.� His office sports a wooden desk crowded with drafts and documents, a small round table for� discussions, several chairs, and a large bookcase. It�s an important office for important meetings, but no meeting is more important to him than greeting the poor.

�A few years ago I was sitting with an important philanthropist,� Dov told me with one of his characteristic smiles. �We were in the middle of a meeting that could affect the lives of hundreds. The discussion was going well when we heard a commotion in the hallway.”

A bedraggled indigent stood in the corridor demanding to have a word with the manager. He had been asked to wait, and explanations had been given. Chairs were available in the waiting area and the receptionist had offered to get him a cup of coffee. Nonetheless, the poor man demanded to see the manager now.

Dov admitted, �To tell you the truth, I was getting agitated. It was a very important meeting. But my father, who was sitting in on the meeting with me, explained that Yad Eliezer hadn�t been started for the philanthropists � they started it for people like the man out in the hallway.�

Rabbi Weisel, Dov�s father, suggested that Dov go and find out what the impoverished man needed to see him about. It would only take a minute. He gently explained that the philanthropist was there to help the poor man, not the other way around.

The philanthropist was nothing but impressed, and Dov told me that he learned a lesson.

�My father is a gadol b�yisrael, a very great man. Everything he does is l�shem shamayim, for the sake of heaven. I decided to join Yad Eliezer because I wanted to be like him. Supporting his mission is the greatest honor.�

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