Status of optimism: Orthodox arose for a woman

In a sea of hatred between Orthodox and secular, one can sometimes find points of light, such a one was published today (Wednesday ) on the popular Facebook page Dosim Mezayzim, by Carmit Reuven , narrating her experience on the bus .

"I got on the bus; The only free place was next to an Orthodox Jew. I asked to sit down, he got up and I sat down. When I looked up from my iPhone I noticed he did not sit down again. He stood in the horrific density of line 240 and struggled to maintain stability. Suddenly I realized that because of me he is not sitting and he looked older than me by several decades.

"The dilemma began in my head ... On the one hand, it is his problem and what is this? And the exclusion of women and I'm a person and that. On the other hand it should not be that way. It is not nice. I am supposed to get up and allow older people than me to sit down. Following the dilemma I said: if you cannot sit next to me, then sit in my place. I will stand.

"He smiled, thanked me and said he was going down anyway at the next stop and then explained to me that it is his problem alone, and he ought to pay the price for his choices. "If I decide to do a mitzvah, "he explained," for example getting up in the night and pray out loud, but it will interfere with family members and neighbors to sleep - better go to bed. Doing mitzvot is not something worth something if it bothers those around you."
I agreed with every word.

"Not everyone is spitting on the bus. It is time to put hatred and prejudices and move forward to the next station", Carmit ended with a note of optimism.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!