{"id":16903,"date":"2018-06-12T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/?p=16903"},"modified":"2020-07-27T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:14:52","slug":"make-kiddush-hashem-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/jewish-living\/make-kiddush-hashem-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Kiddush Hashem at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Nechama Carmel; based on an interview with Gary Torgow from Detroit, Michigan<\/em><\/p>\n

Making a kiddush Hashem<\/em> means presenting the Ribbono shel Olam, His Torah and His people in the best light possible. As chairman of a public company, I serve as one of the ambassadors of the Jewish people. But I\u2019m not unique\u2014anybody who interacts with the world beyond the Jewish community is an ambassador. It\u2019s a practicality of life. In our society, it has become the obligation of every Jew in the workforce to view him or herself as an ambassador.<\/p>\n

You need to remember that your colleagues are always watching you because of what you represent. Keep in mind that whatever circumstance you find yourself in, whatever activity you\u2019re involved in, whatever words you use, reflect not just on you, but on the entire Jewish people. You represent something much bigger than yourself.<\/p>\n

Most everybody with whom I interact in the business world knows I\u2019m an Orthodox Jew. I sit at the business table negotiating a deal, and the first thing they see is \u201cOrthodox Jew;\u201d then and only then do they see the business person at the table.<\/p>\n

We have an obligation toward our fellow Jews as well. There is rarely a a member of the Jewish faith with whom I interact that I don\u2019t encourage to join the local Partners in Torah program. When a secular Jewish friend of mine took on a new position heading a national company in the Michigan region, he called to ask for a meeting. I met with him at his office and as the meeting ended, he said, \u201cYou know, Gary, it was so nice of you to give me two hours of your time. Is there anything I can do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad you asked. I was just thinking about it,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat, what could I do for you?”<\/p>\n

I said, \u201cI\u2019d like you to spend an hour with my rabbi.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing what?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cLearning Torah.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cGary I would do anything in the world for you, but I am not going to learn Torah. I have no real background or interest in Torah. . .\u201d He was pretty adamant, but in the end, he relented. I took him to meet Rabbi Avi Cohen, a member of the Partners in Torah team in Detroit. He spent an hour with Rabbi Cohen, which ended up turning into a warm, loving chavrusa<\/em> that has lasted nearly fifteen years. My friend told me years later that it was the second most important meeting of his life, after meeting his wife.<\/p>\n

To make a kiddush Hashem<\/em>, it\u2019s critical to realize that everything you\u2019re doing, all of the effort that you put into your business life, is the necessary hishtadlut<\/em>; but the Almighty controls everything. If you keep the right perspective regarding the source of your success, you act differently. You will not have to be the toughest guy in the room and you do not have to be the guy who makes the most money. You can leave a few dollars on the table. My rebbi<\/em>, Rabbi Avrohom Abba Freedman, zt\u201dl<\/em>, used to say that being a workaholic is not aligned with a Jewish hashkafah<\/em> [worldview]. One doesn\u2019t have to be a workaholic in order to be successful, because success is not in your hands in any case.<\/p>\n

I heard from Rabbi Leib Kelemen that it\u2019s inappropriate to be a multitasker. When you are speaking with someone, Hashem wants you to be focused on that individual; that\u2019s part of loving your fellow Jew. To do otherwise, he said, is assur<\/em> [forbidden]. You shouldn\u2019t be checking your e-mail while speaking to someone on the phone just because you can get away with it. This is all part of making a kiddush Hashem<\/em>; if you\u2019re talking to someone in a business setting and you\u2019re looking down at your text messages, that\u2019s disrespectful.<\/p>\n

My own role model when it comes to making a kiddush Hashem<\/em> at work was my maternal grandfather, Manuel Merzon, a\u201dh<\/em>, who emigrated from Russia in 1918 as a sixteen-year-old. On the eve of World War I, he was sent by his parents to his brother in Detroit. He was the first lawyer to wear a yarmulke<\/em> in court in Detroit in the \u201840s. (I wrote a book called Raising the Bar<\/em>, which is a collection of some of his divrei Torah<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

My grandfather was a very devoted Jew who wasn\u2019t motivated by wealth or fame; the Ribbono shel Olam was everything in his life. When you carry yourself that way, you become the greatest ambassador. His righteous behavior and the way he associated with the non-Jewish community had a dramatic influence on those around him and on me as well.<\/p>\n

At one point, my real estate company was one of many teams bidding on a high-profile project for a significant piece of real estate in Detroit owned by the city. Then Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and his team were interviewing each of the bidders. The mayor\u2019s office called the team leaders of all the bidders to inform us that the mayor would be personally interviewing each team on Saturday at the mayor\u2019s residence. On Sunday the bidders would meet with his team, and on Monday the mayor would make a big public announcement divulging which team won the project.<\/p>\n

When the mayor\u2019s staffer told me the interview was on Saturday, I asked, \u201cIs it possible to do it on Sunday?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, the mayor has made it very clear that he is only going to do interviews on Saturday,\u201d replied the staffer. \u201cHe needs a day to decide before making the announcement at 9:00 am Monday morning. There\u2019s no other time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI unfortunately can\u2019t be there,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know if you don\u2019t come, you\u2019re disqualified,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Sabbath observer and therefore it\u2019s impossible for me to be there,\u201d
\nI replied.<\/p>\n

So he said, \u201cOkay, let me call you back.\u201d<\/p>\n

About an hour later, a higher-level staffer, whom I happened to know, called me. \u201cYou know, Gary, we would arrange to put you up in a local hotel, and we would carry your material. You don\u2019t have to violate any Sabbath rules; we\u2019ll take care of you completely,\u201d
\nhe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s not just the particular rules about Sabbath,\u201d I said. \u201cI don\u2019t do any business on Saturday. I\u2019m at home with my family and for me it would not be appropriate to make a business presentation on the Sabbath.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying everything we can to accommodate you. You\u2019re a great guy, and you have a wonderful presentation, but I regret to tell you that you\u2019re going to be disqualified if you don\u2019t come on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, I accept that and no hard feelings,\u201d I replied. \u201cI understand completely, and send my regrets to the mayor; we\u2019ll work on another project together.\u201d<\/p>\n

About an hour later, the mayor himself calls me: \u201cGary, this is Dennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHello, Mr. Mayor, how are you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologize,\u201d he said. \u201cI would never ask anybody to violate his religious beliefs to participate in a business deal, and especially not you. You\u2019re Orthodox and everybody knows it; we should\u2019ve known in advance. I am canceling all the interviews for Saturday. I\u2019m going to make the announcement on Tuesday, and we\u2019ll do the interviews on Sunday and Monday and you\u2019ll bring your team then.\u201d<\/p>\n

So the mayor changed the day. Oh, and by the way, we won the project.<\/p>\n

Of course, not everything works out perfectly, but that too is part of the kiddush Hashem<\/em>. The Almighty ultimately decides what is good for us in every circumstance and we always need to be confident in that comforting realization.<\/p>\n

Gary Torgow is the chairman of\u00a0Chemical Financial Corporation<\/a>, the holding company for Chemical Bank, which is the largest bank headquartered in Michigan. He is a senior vice president of the Orthodox Union and chair of OU Kosher. <\/em><\/p>\n

Nechama Carmel is editor-in-chief of<\/em> Jewish Action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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