Rabbi Yisrael Salanter was expected at shul one Kol Nidrei eve. However he was late in coming. His students began to worry and went out to search for him. They finally found him at one of the congregant’s homes rocking a baby to sleep. Rabbi Yisrael explained that while walking to synagogue he heard a baby crying. He realized the parents must have put the baby to sleep ad then left for synagogue assuming he would sleep through the night. However, the baby woke and Rabbi Yisrael, hearing the cries, decided that comforting the child took precedence over being present in shul on the holiest night of the year . - Retold by Eliezer Diamond
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