The Traveler Who Prayed for a Donkey
A tired traveler prays for a donkey, and a Roman makes him carry a newborn foal. He regrets not praying for a donkey to ride on.
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A man was traveling on the road and was tired. He davened to Hashem that Hashem should send him a donkey (to ride on or carry his belongings). A Roman man’s donkey had just given birth and he needed someone to carry the foal. He made this poor Jew carry it; whereupon, the man lamented that he had not been more specific in his tefillos. He should have davened not just for “a donkey,” but for “a donkey to ride on.”