Chaim Schwartz,* a Bochur learning in yeshiva, had difficulty understanding his Rebbi’s Shiur. When anyone asked him how the Shiur was, he would say, “It was Gavaldig, it was amazing. I understood every word!” He wanted to say a positive lie rather than a negative truth, like we say over on the hotline from R’
Shmuli Zack* was driving his car in rainy weather. His brakes didn’t work properly and was about to crash into the car in front of him, so he turned away and was going to crash into a wall. He started screaming “Ein Od Milvado” and “Shema Yisroel..” He then crashed and totaled the car and
Daily Bitachon stories from the “A Life with Bitachon” hotline. This story was called in by Mrs. Auslander. Mrs. Auslander said that it was less than two hours before Shabbos, and somebody pulled open the freezer door so hard that it came off the hinges. They weren’t able to close the freezer door. They tried
Daily Bitachon stories from the “A Life with Bitachon” hotline. This story was called in by Mrs. Mordowitz. Mrs. Mordowitz said over that in the beginning of last week, she brought two of her sons’ Shabbos suits to the cleaners to get cleaned for Shabbos. She had in mind to pick them up earlier in
Morah Rachel* from Houston said that one of her students came in and said, “Morah, I just had a most unbelievable story! I was trying to charge my phone, but the charger was broken, and it wasn’t charging. I kept trying, but nothing worked. Then I remembered the stories I always hear on a Life
R’ Yitzchak*, a Rebbi from one of the Southern cities in Eretz Yisrael, shared that his son went on a trip with a friend. During the trip, they left their bags on a bench. When they came back, the bags were stolen. In their bags were many important things, passports, wallets, money. His son came
A Talmid came to visit me and he said that he has been following the “A Life of Bitachon” hotline for three years, and it changed his life! Recently, he was going with his family to the airport. When they arrived they were told that they came too late and they couldn’t go on the
Mrs. Berkowitz* had a phone number for a very long time. Suddenly, the phone company closed her account. She tried everything to get her account back, but she was told that once the account was closed there was nothing to do. She decided that she would sing ‘Hakol Yachol’ and then call the company again.
Zev* lives on a Kollel budget. His wife sent him shopping with a long shopping list. It came out to $250, which was money he didn’t really have. But it was for Yom Tov, so he happily paid for the shopping. When he got home, his wife said, “Oh, I forgot one thing on the
Avi Weissfeld* went to an Avos U’banim learning program on Chol Hamoed Pesach. Each child received a kite. He was very excited because he loved to fly kites. His cousins came to visit, and they said, “We also like to fly kites,” so he lent it to them. Somehow, in their enthusiasm, the cousins broke
Over the Yom Tov of Pesach, Yaakov Braun* was looking for something very important. He looked high and low, but he couldn’t find it. He said to himself: “Why did Hashem make it that we shouldn’t find it if it’s so important? I know why! Hashem is trying to teach me, your eyes don’t find
I have a daughter with lots of medical issues. We are constantly seeing different doctors and specialists. For some reason insurance has been denying our claims for the past two months. I have called the insurance many times and gotten nowhere. We had lots and lots of frustration just spending hours and hours on the
