The oven in the Lieberman house was not working. They were pressing all the buttons, but it was not turning on. Rabbi Lieberman said that he was going to need to unscrew it to see what was going on. His wife told him, “One second , before you unscrew it, let me sing “Hakal Yachol.” She sang “Hakal Yachol,” and then she told him to try again, and it started working! Read more: Bitachon Story #328
Mrs. Weber’s husband learns in kollel. She worked and supported him, but recently it became too hard for her to continue working, and she needed to stop. She had no idea how her husband was going to continue learning. She said to herself, “Hashem was the one who supported us until now. It wasn’t me.” Later on, her father called her up and said that he sold one of his houses, and he was giving them $200,000. Just like that, they received more money than they would have made in a couple of years! Read more: Bitachon Story #327
Shloimy, a bachur learning in Eretz Yisrael, needed to go shopping, but he did not have any money on him. He decided to go to the store and leave it up to Hashem. While he was at the store, someone came over to him and said, “I want the zechus to support a yeshiva bachur! If there is anything you need to buy, I’m going to pay for it!” Read more: Bitachon Story #326
According to reports, there’s a Yid in Eretz Yisrael who was very sick. The doctors gave up on him. They said that he had three more days to live. The man decided to dedicate those three days to singing praises to Hashem! That’s what he did. At the end of the three days, he felt all his strength come back to him, and he jumped out of bed! The doctors could not believe it! Read more: Bitachon Story #325
Rabbi Yehuda Mandel is a Rebbe in YTT. They gave him a key for the front door, and they told him, “Make sure not to lose it!” He lost the key, and he couldn’t find it. He said, “You think I need that key? I’ll just take a different key.” He took a different key and it worked! Rabbi Mandel said that other people tried with other keys, but their keys didn’t work. Only the Bitachon key worked! Read more: Bitachon Story #324
Mrs. Weinberg had an eye doctor’s appointment with her child, and she was running late. She called up and asked if the doctor could still see them, because they were running late. The receptionist said that if she could come within seven minutes then yes. Otherwise, nothing doing. Mrs. Weinberg thought to herself, “The doctor said seven minutes, and he’s very firm about it.” She was thinking, “There’s no way I’m going to get there in seven minutes. If I rush, it’s going to rob me of my menuchas hanefesh and simchas hachaim. That’s not proper hishtadlus.” She said to herself that she would go calmly. She went calmly, and she said to herself, “While I’m having Bitachon, not only are they going to take me, they’re going to be nice to me! They’re going to be friendly, easy-going and geshmak!” When she came to the office, even though she was late, the secretary said, “Wow, it’s so amazing you came. I’m so happy!” The nicest greeting in the world!! Read more: Bitachon Story #323
Mrs. Moskowitz* is a teacher in Lakewood. One night, her husband came home from Yeshiva not feeling well. He said he was feeling shvach and nauseous. He said, “Oh, my chavrusa just had shigella, and I probably caught it. He was out for a few days.” The first thing his wife thought was, “Oh no. Now my husband is going to be out for a few days, and my children are going to catch it.” Then she said, “One second. I don’t believe in cause and effect. I don’t believe in nature. I don’t believe in teva. I believe in “Hamechadesh bituvo bchol yom tamid.” Every second is a new world. Her husband went to sleep, and he woke up perfect! No symptoms. He was had all his kochos; he felt amazing! He had been complaining he was nauseous and weak, with all the symptoms of shigella, and the next morning he was back to himself, running around, feeling perfect! Read more: Bitachon Story #322
Daily Bitachon stories from the “A Life with Bitachon” hotline. This story was called in by a very chashuv yungerman whose name is Yossi Moses. He learns in yeshiva hakedosha, Beis Medrash Gevoah. Every morning, he always makes sure to come very early before everyone else in order to park right in front of the Beis Medrash. He brings different things along with him for certain yungerleit to pick up, and they know where he parks so that they can pick it up when it is convenient for them. He said that this past morning, something came up and he was running late. He realized that he woulnd’t be able to get to yeshiva until 9:40. By that time, the parking lot was full. He was trying to figure out what to do. The yungerleit would come looking for his car to get their stuff, and his c ar would not be in the same spot as usual! Then he said, “One second. That’s if you go with teva, with laws of nature. If you go with Hakol Yachol, that Hakadosh Baruch Hu is running the world, and He can do everything and anything, so Hakadosh Baruch Hu could reserve a spot for me!” With that, he said, “Hakadosh Baruch Hu the Ribbono Shel Olam, I want the same spot right in front of the Beis Medrash! That parking spot should be reserved for me!” As he was driving, he was being mechazek that Hakadosh Baruch Hu is running the world, and nobody could take his parking spot. As he got closer to the yeshiva, he saw the parking lot was full of cars, but he said: “Hakadsh Baruch Hu! You’re the one that is in charge; You can reserve my same spot for me!” He got closer and he saw that one spot in front of the Beis Medrash was empty and ‘reserved’ just for him! Read more: Daily Bitachon #1752
Daily Bitachon stories from the “A Life with Bitachon” hotline. This story was called in by Mrs. Weizner. She needed go to downtown Brooklyn to a government ofÏce to work out certain paperwork. When she was speaking to some of her friends about what she was doing and when she was going, they told her, “Do you know that it’s going to be a whole-day affair? We had the same exact thing and there were 25 people ahead us. We had to wait for the longest time. Finally when it was our turn, they told us we’ll have to go to a different ofÏce.” They kept on telling her all their experiences. They told her, “Only go at this time. Don’t go at the time or the day that you want to.” Everyone was giving Mrs. Weizner all different eitzos. Then she stopped and thought, “What’s going on? They’re telling me ‘al pi teva’ which days are good and which times are good; if they going to be helpful or not. I’m going to go strictly with Hakol Yachol. Hakadosh Baruch Hu is the one who is taking care of my paperwork. Hakadosh Baruch Hu is the one that is taking me in. Hakadosh Baruch Hu is the one who is taking care of everything from start to finish and everything in between.” With that, she travelled to downtown Brooklyn, being mechazek that it was Hashem the Kol Yachol who was doing everything from start to finish and everything in between. She got to the government ofÏce, and there were only two people ahead of her! In no time, they took her right in and they did it with a smile! They said, “Sure! We’ll help you out! Whatever you need!” She was back at her in door in less than two hours! She got the best service, better than ever! Read more: Daily Bitachon #1751
Daily Bitachon stories from the “A Life with Bitachon” hotline. This story was called in by Mrs. Applebaum. Mrs. Applebaum said over that a couple of months ago, someone gave her a post-dated check. She kept it folded up until she was able to cash the check. Finally, the day came. However, the hours of operation at the bank near to her house did not fit with her schedule. She was only able to go when the bank was closed and use the ATM machine. The issue and problem was that this ATM machine is very picky. It only takes a check if it’s straight and that check was a little crumpled after carrying it around for two months. Every time she put it into the ATM machine, the ATM wouldn’t accept it. She came back three times, putÝng it in the ATM machine, but it wasn’t working. She realized that she was going to have to work out her schedule so that she could get to the bank when it was open. As she was on the way to the bank, she got busy with something else and by the time she came, it was already closed. She was thinking, “What should I do? I really want to cash the check.” Then she said, “One second. Who is in charge of cashing the check? You think it’s the ATM machine? It’s up to Hakadosh Baruch Hu. It’s up to the Ribono Shel Olam. Let me be michazek and sing to myself, Hakol Yachol, Hakol Yachol, Hakol Yachol…” Then she said, “When you go with Emunah and Bitachon, it’s a different set of laws! It’s a different shulchan aruch!” This time, when she put the check into the ATM machine, it took the check 1, 2, 3! Read more: Daily Bitachon #1750
Mrs. Fried* from Eretz Yisrael was looking high and low for a new apartment. People told her that what she’s looking for was a dream and that she was never going to get it. “Just take whatever you can get.” Somebody called her up and said that they knew of an apartment that was available; she should come check it out. It had nothing that she wanted, but she said to herself, “Hishtadlus is not cause and effect. We do our part and Hashem will do His part.” They went to check it out, and on the way they saw a sign for a different apartment. They checked out all the details, and it was exactly what they were looking for! It was a dream apartment. They took it, and they saw that Hashem has many ways. You just do your part, and Hashem will do the rest!
R’ Katz* was trying to get his child into a certain school. People said, “There’s a waiting list out the door. You need a lot of pull to get in. It’s not practical. Even people with pull can’t get in.” R’ Katz said, “One second. If we have no pull, then let’s use Hashem’s pull.” They applied, and the school said that they would put them on the bottom of the list but that they shouldn’t even think it’s possible because there were 100 people before them. The next day, the school called them up and said, “Okay, come for an interview.” R’ Katz asked them, “Aren’t we the last on the list?” They said, “You’re right, we made a mistake. We looked at the bottom of the list instead of the top, but once we called you, we called you.” They got in!!! Read more: Bitachon Story #320
