On my last day in New York I stopped over to Maggio Music on 18th Avenue
and 84th street in Bensonhurst. He always treats his Jewish customers right,
and here’s why:
I saw Mr. Maggio in his office and he was eating spaghetti and shrimp. And
behind him on the wall was a painting of the Lubavicher Rebbe which, he told
me, he painted.
“But you’re Italian!” I said.
“That’s what I told this Rabbi when he hugged me!”
“He hugged you?”
“Yeah, so help me G-d!” he said. “It was way back even
before I started my business. I was delivering a keyboard to Crown Heights,
and there were all these ‘hasids’ on the street, with the hats
and black jackets. Some of them were even dressed like clowns, and some were
drunk. Like a Jewish Halloween or somt’n. And all of a sudden this
Rabbi in my painting came walking by me, and he said, “You are not
Jewish.”
“No, I’m Italian,” I said.
“And then he hugged me and said, ‘I love all people!’
Then he pulled this card out of his vest pocket and gave it to me, saying,
‘Hold this card with you always. It’ll bring you good
luck.’”
Mr. Maggio showed me that card the Rebbe gave him with the 7 mitzvos bnei
Noach on it, along with the Rebbe’s picture. Then he added, “And
I’ve had good luck ever since. I keep this card with me
always.”
L’Chaim… and Baruch Haman. A freilicher Purim to all.
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 18 March, 2008.
