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!