There s no one else that can help this woman, so I must do it myself. At times I can still manage to make it to minyan at the yeshiva, but other times I go to a later minyan elsewhere. The mashgiach was surprised and touched by the young man s behavior, but he also felt sorry for the young woman. I would also like to help her out. Rav Shalom concludes with the following remark, which I think can apply to each of us as well.
People often run to do chesed for someone else.
Chesed begins in the home. There are so many opportunities for a husband, a wife, a mother or father and even with our brothers and sisters to do just one act of kindness for the other. It s just that we forget about those people who love us and who are the closest to us. May we all take this message to heart and perform not just one but many acts of chesed both in and out of our homes.