Much has been written about #uberfails. But how about an Uber miracle?
[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”]The New York Times recently featured a story about a young woman who called for an Uber to take her out to a cemetery. She was visiting the grave of her grandfather. He had been a devout Jew.
No one from her family had visited the grave since 1959. She happened to be visiting during the ten-day period between the Jewish New Year and the Day of Atonement—known as the ten Days of Awe.
This is a time when we visit the grave of loved ones. Something propelled this young woman to visit her grandfather.
God Works in Mysterious Ways
When she got in the car and told the driver her destination, she seemed hesitant. He gently asked the purpose of the trip. She told him.
He paused and then told her he happened to be an ordained rabbi. (This custom of an ordained rabbi pursuing other full-time work is not uncommon in the Orthodox community. Rabbinic ordination is a path for learning as much it is as a profession.)
He asked if she would like him to say some of the traditional prayers at the graveside. She did. She admitted she didn’t know any of them.
They arrived at the cemetery and the Rabbi/Uber Driver Chaim said the traditional psalms and deciphered the Hebrew inscription on the headstone.
As they rode back, she described this journey as bashert. That is a Yiddish word meaning “meant to be.” In other words, God works in mysterious ways.
