There is a young woman I know of from Beit Shemesh who now lives in a remote part of Israel where her husband does kiruv work. One day my office told me to travel to this village for work, so I thought it would be nice to offer the couple a free delivery service. The [...]
I was on the www.Shabbat.com website and saw a picture of a man and thought to myself, "This man looks like he should get an invitation for Shabbos!" I sent him an invitation, which he graciously accepted. We discovered that he had been living in an institution in which he was the only one keeping [...]
As the train was pulling into the Beit Shemesh station, I saw a disabled man with various possessions. Without him asking, I went over to him to assist with gathering his belongings so that he could exit the train more easily.
While riding my bicycle, I noticed a tzedaka collector. I rode over to him to give him tzedaka and also words of encouragement.
A family member took ill and we could not contact him. A kind Hatzalah volunteer helped establish contact, and then took care of him. This put me in a very good mood, so I spontaneously phoned Hatzalah, praised and thanked them for their wonderful work, and gave them a donation.
My marriage fell apart 2.5 years ago and my social worker sent me to Beit Avot Beit Haelah (an assisted living facility) close to Beit Shemesh. I was very depressed about having to spend Shabbat there because the TV is always on and no one keeps Shabbos there. Baruch Hashem someone told me to register [...]
I noticed a couple wandering on the street in Ramat Beit Shemesh, confused as they tried to locate a particular address using a GPS map on their phone. I helped them locate the address, and made two people from out-of-town feel a bit more welcome in our community.
While shopping I overheard another customer request from the service attendant to reach a box of food from the high shelf. The service attendant responded, " the other box on top of this will fall and I can't manage to help you." I quickly offered to help using my height as an advantage and successfully [...]
While walking through the park between Dolev and Refaim at the 8 am rush hour I noticed young girls screeching and hurrying away from the path while others were fearful to enter the path. I approached slowly and saw a big tomcat near the bushes, rustling around in the leaves. I calmed the approaching girls [...]
I noticed that the neighbor's children were chasing a cat with a collar and bell on it. To save the cat I went over and retrieved it. There was a name and address on the collar. I called the owner and returned the cat to him.
