Hashavas Aveida. An observant driver retuned 15 thousand NIS

72 year old Batya Kaminsky from Migdal Haemek forgot her bag on the bus yesterday (Monday), which contained an envelope with 15 thousand shekel. She suffered great aggravation, but a few hours later, Shimon Ben Simon, an observant bus driver, showed up at her home, and told her that he found the bag with the cash on the back seat of the bus, and he would like to perform the Mitzvah of Hashavas Aveida.

The story was reported in the "Yisrael Hayom" newspaper.

"I worked on bus no. 7, and when I reached the terminal, I made a routine check," Ben Simon, a driver of the "Kavim" Company, recounted. "During the check, I discovered a black bag on one of the benches. I opened it and found a thick envelope which contained 15 thousand shekels in cash, a credit card, ID card and personal documents."
"I know that in our company there is a lost items' department and clear procedures regarding lost items of passengers on our buses. For a moment I didn't think of taking the money for myself," he told. "It was clear that I have to invest every effort to locate the owner of the bag, and return it to her as quickly as possible. In the ID I could see where the lady lived, and in the next rounds of the bus, I was already on the way to her".

Half an hour later, Ben Simon arrived with the bus at Kaminsky's home – a widow and pensioner, mother of two and grandmother and great-grandmother of 8. He noticed her sitting at the entrance to her home and weeping bitterly.

"I came out and handed her the bag, and I turned her into a happy woman," related Ben Simon, for whom Kaminsky could not find the words to thank. "Suddenly, the bus stopped, and the driver came down from it like an angel from Heaven, and gave me the bag with all the money," she related and added: "I got a gift for Rosh Hashana. I am overjoyed that the driver chose to look for me to return the loss. May there be many more like him. I have no words to thank him and the Kavim Company for their devoted care."

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!