It was raining and Mordechai’s windshield wipers were not working. He couldn’t drive without the windshield wipers. So he asked Hashem to make them work and he strengthened his Bitachon for a few minutes!! P.S. A few minutes later, they started working again! Read more: Bitachon #114
A Yid in England owns a factory that produces candles. One day, he received an order from a store for 8,000 candles. It took him two weeks to produce that amount of candles. When he was done, he loaded it into the back of his truck and went to deliver it. When he arrived at the store, which was four hours away, the owner apologized and explained that he was in the middle of a financial crisis and couldn’t afford them, so he would have to cancel the order. The Yid said, “Okay” and left, instead of making a fight. He left a broken man – what would he do with the candles? On the way home, he stopped off at a park and pulled out the Chovas Halevavos he likes to have handy, and went through the whole Sha’ar HaBitachon. A non-Jew then came over to him and asked him what brought him there. He explained that he produces candles and that he was traveling with an order. The man was amazed and told him that he owns a store and needed 8,000 candles! He was willing to pay him a certain price if it would be ready in a few weeks time. The Yid asked him how much he would be willing to pay if he had them for him today. The man named a price which was even higher. He said, “No problem, please come to my van. I have it here with me.” He gave the man the candles, and got paid on the spot. Done deal. (Kav Hashgacha Pratis) Read more: Bitachon #113
A Yid was in debt because of money that was stolen from him. He started learning Chovos Halevavos, Shar HaBitachon. After he started learning it, someone came over to him and asked him if he was in debt. He replied that he indeed is in debt by a few hundred thousand dollars. The man replied, “Guess what, I am paying it all!” Read more: Bitachon #111
Three years ago, R’ Yisrael a businessman in Lakewood, New Jersey, started looking to buy a house. His workmate was also looking to buy a house, so they decided they would make a chavrusashaft during their coffee break to learn Sifrei Bitachon together for each to find a house! It has been three years and they are learning Chovos Halevavos, Shaarei Bitachon, Kuntres Beis Halevi on Bitachon. They have gone from sefer to sefer learning and shteiging away! R’ Yisrael said he is so grateful that he still didn’t find a house because they are gaining so much from this learning! Read more: Bitachon #110
A lady from London left her laptop outside in the pouring rain. The laptop got completely waterlogged and it did not turn back on. She decided she was going to have Bitachon that it was going to turn on. The people around her all said, “What? No way! You can’t rely on a Nes!” She responded, “I learned ‘On A Life with Bitachon‘ that Teva is really Nes, and that Hashem can do anything.” She was Mechazek herself in Bitachon and the next day she turned on her laptop and it was working fine! Everyone was shocked and they realized not to underestimate the power of Bitachon! [R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: Bitachon #109
A yungerman needed parnassah and was actively trying to find a job for a over a year! He was going from job interview to job interview, but nothing was working out for him. He decided that he was going to be mekabel on himself to listen every day to certain song on ‘A Life with Bitachon‘. This song gives him a lot of chizuk, and keeps him moving on. Now he no longer is frustrated looking for a job, he actually enjoys it! He realized that it’s not his job to find a parnassah, but rather it’s Hashem’s job. He just needs to do his part of the hishtadlus and Hashem will do His and get him the perfect job for him! He has been working on himself so much that it overflowed to the rest of his family! Now they too are living with Hashem and are having Bitachon! Read more: Bitachon #108
Story said over by R’ Zevy Golombeck: Yosef*, a talmid of mine, follows ‘A Life with Bitachon‘. One day, he couldn’t find his debit card. The bank called him up and asked him if he was missing it, because someone just spent $100 on it, in an electronic store. Normally, he would have been very uptight and upset, but now he just started laughing and laughing. He was able to remain calm. B”H the bank said that they will refund him the money. Yosef was amazed about himself that his first instinct was to laugh, which was something he had to work very hard on. Read more: Bitachon #107
A Yid from England had a wedding in Eretz Yisroel. He went with his family of ten for two weeks. He lives on a Kollel budget and had a lot of expenses in Eretz Yisroel. At the end of the two weeks he realized that he had racked up 5,000£ on his credit card. He had no idea how he would pay for it. But he was mischazek in bitachon that Hashem has many ways to help him. When he got back to the airport, his flight was delayed more than three hours. The policy of that airline is that if a flight is delayed more than three hours the passengers get compensation. For each member of his family he received 520 pounds which totaled 5200 pounds! Enough money to pay his entire credit card bill! [Kav Hashgacha Pratis] Read more: Bitachon #106
I’m at work now and was just reading through the Spring Hill Times. One of the staff members needed assistance with the elevator in the building so I went down to help her. Usually, it’s the flick of the elevator switch and ensuring that the key is in place that makes the elevator operate. Both the key and the switch were set correctly – there was no reason why it wasn’t working. I tried flipping the switch and re-inserting the key – but no luck. Tried again and still nothing. I stopped and said – Bitachon means that Hashem is in charge and Hashem is the ONLY force of power. It’s not the key. It’s not the switch. I said this again as I flipped the switch and turned the key – and the elevator came to life!! Thank you, Hashem for the gift of seeing how the Mitzvah of Bitachon works! I read these stories all the time – but it’s an entirely different feeling when you experience it yourself – try it!! (Reader of The Spring Hill Times) Read more: Bitachon #105
My family was on a trip. We were starting to pack and leave when we noticed that the roof rack straps were all knotted together. My brother tried to untangle them but it didn’t work. So he gave it to my sister. I noticed what was happening so I said, “Hashem is the Kol Yachol and He could do anything.” A few minutes later, it got all untangled and we were able to put it on the roof. Thank You Hashem. (Reader of The Spring Hill Times) Read more: Bitachon #104
On Leil Shabbos we noticed that my daughter’s bracelet was lost. I was quite upset as it was made out of real silver. I tried looking for it but I couldn’t find it. I decided not to look anymore and instead turned to Hashem and said, “I trust that You would help me find it by Motzei Shabbos.” On Motzei Shabbos, I moved the couch to clean and lo and behold there was the necklace! (Reader of The Spring Hill Times) Read more: Bitachon #103
Mrs. Peretz* had applied for a job interview a few weeks ago and still had not gotten a reply back. She was listening to the Yosed section in a “A Life with Bitachon,” and she heard that in so many cases, Avraham Avinu did hishtadlus with no outcome. He davened (for Sodom), but didn’t get answered. He tried the Akeida, and it didn’t work. He tried Hachnasos Orchim and it was a hoax (They were angels not humans). Amazingly, exactly this is what made Avraham Avinu so successful! As she realized this concept and was internalizing the message, she got a click, and on the other line her new job was calling her to tell her she was accepted! Read more: Bitachon #102
