How Can I Rest
He would not rest while a Jew's need was left unhelped.
A teaching ofRav Dovid Moshe Freidman of Chortkovהרב דוד משה בן ישראל פרידמאןProfile ›
For days Rav Dovid Moshe paced his room in deep worry. His gabbai urged him to rest. The Rebbe answered that it was easy for the gabbai to ask, and he explained that he was tormented by the future of a Jew who needed his help, and that he did not yet know how to help him. How, he asked, could he possibly rest? The Rebbe did not treat another person's trouble as a matter to be handled and set aside. It stayed with him as a burden of his own, and it kept him awake until a way was found. In this view, to love a fellow Jew is to be unable to sleep easily while he is in need, and to let that restlessness lead to action.
Source: Deiah veDibur, "Kodshei Kodshim: The Chortkover Rebbe, Reb Dovid Moshe Friedman zt"l", Part III (9 Marcheshvan 5783)
Think of someone whose need you have been meaning to help with. Today, decide on one concrete step and take it before the day ends, whether a phone call, an introduction, a donation or an hour of your time. Let a little discomfort push you, as it pushed the Rebbe. When you have done what you can, you may rest, and you will rest better for having acted.