Please Leave the Room
A story ofRav Meir Chodoshהרב מאיר בן בן ציון חדשProfile ›
During a stay in the hospital, Rav Meir would ask all his visitors to leave the room whenever one particular member of the medical staff came in. Later he explained why. The man had difficulty finding his veins, and Rav Meir did not want the visitors to see him fumbling, for he might be embarrassed. That, he said, was the reason he asked them to leave.
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