R’ Blitz had a van that was making a lot of noise, it was making a big racket. He was thinking to himself, “Oh no, I’m gonna have to bring it to the mechanic.” Then he thought to himself, “One minute, Hashem can take care of the problem. Let me trust in him.” Ever since then, the noise has disappeared! Read more: Bitachon Story #413
A women from Lakewood, New Jersey had something that was hurting her. She said, Hashem is the Kol Yachol, and that second, the pain went away! Read more: Bitachon Story #412
About three years ago, my daughter was born with a rare medical condition. She was hospitalized in the NICU for many months, undergoing many surgeries and treatment. When she finally came home, she came home with a lot of medical support. One such support was a g-tube. She did not know how to suck or swallow, and thus needed to be fed through a tube that went directly into her stomach to give her the vital nutrition that she needed. Our active goal was to teach her to eat and drink independently, and not need to use the g-tube. The problem was, that when she was in the hospital, she was on a breathing tube for many months, not allowing her to even be offered to suck from a bottle. Therefore, she completely lost her skill. If we’d put a drop of liquid on her tongue, she had no idea what to do with it. As a side note, we came to recognize that we take it for granted that when we put food or drinks in our mouth, we know what to do with it. We understand to move our tongue around our mouth to get the food in the right place. We realize what it means to chew and to swallow. There really are many intricate steps that take place in our mouths before our food gets swallowed, and it’s unbelievable that we all know how to! So, we were starting from the very bottom with teaching our daughter how to eat and drink. We went to tons and tons of therapy sessions. Each therapist gave us homework to do at home. The homework was so frustrating, that I felt I would explode! I would sit next to my daughter in her highchair, and present the food to her, in the manner that the therapist told me to do. Sometimes it was stimulating the mouth first, sometimes it was using a different type of spoon, or straw, or cup. It may have been changing the consistency of the food, or liquid. Always something else. But the aggravation, and frustration was to the next level. My daughter just wouldn’t comply! Nothing helped! She just drooled it out, spat it out, or just stared at me blankly! Sometimes, I just sat there in tears. Then, one day it hit me that this is just absolutely crazy. Here I am getting so aggravated because I am not seeing the results that I want. All I’m doing here is hishtadlus. The results are up to Hashem. I don’t need to get frustrated over not seeing results. That’s not up to me. So, I created a new routine for myself. I would set for myself a certain amount of time that I was going to feed my daughter for. I told myself that I am doing my hishtadlus, and after that, whatever the results are, are completely up to Hashem. I felt a new calmness. As I fed my daughter, I would sing, “Hakol Yachol”, and I added in some of my own words that “Hashem can make my daughter eat so well”. I felt like I did my part, and Hashem would do whatever He saw fit. I also said that when my daughter comes off of her g-tube, then I would let the Spring Hill Times know. It’s been a very long and slow journey. There was no miraculous immediate salvation. I continued with therapy, and more therapy, and more. I continued to have bitachon that one day she would get her g-tube out. My daughter made progress. She began swallowing small amounts of food, then larger, then thicker consistencies, then chewing, then sucking! We are so grateful to Hashem that just a few weeks ago, shortly after my daughter turned 3 years old, her g-tube was taken out! She eats and drinks completely by mouth! Her skill is not exactly up to par with where a typical three-year-old child is, but we are so grateful to be holding at this point! Thank You, Hashem, for guiding us through this journey, and for granting my daughter the skill of eating and drinking independently! (A Spring Hill Times Reader) Read more: Bitachon Story #411
Talmidos of Mrs. Berkowitz who always teaches her students the yesodos from the “A Life of Bitachon” hotline were trying to print something, but it was not working. They said, “You know why? Because Hashem wants us to be mefarseim that He’s the Kol Yachol. They sang Hakol Yachol and the printer started working! Read more: Bitachon Story #410
The Stein family was on an airplane, on the runway, and there was a tornado heading towards them. Everyone started getting scared. They started playing the song of “Hakol Yachol” and the tornado changed directions and went away! Read more: Bitachon Story #409
A yid who lives out-of-town wanted to come to me for Shabbos. I told him he could come to me for the meals, but for sleeping he should find a different place. He said, “Thank you,” and made a few phone calls, but they each said that they’re not sure. It was already Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and he wanted to be there Thursday night, so he said, “Hashem, when I reach the highway, I want to get a phone call that I have a place to stay for Shabbos. I’m going with bitachon.” He packed up his whole car and started driving to the highway, having bitachon that someone was going to invite him. When he got on the highway, he got a phone call, “Are you still looking for a place? Sure, you can sleep by me.” It was right down the block from my house! [A Spring Hill Times Reader] Read more: Bitachon Story #408
A six-year-old boy in the Stern family from Staten Island NY was missing his loafers the entire day. He was not able to find them. It was late afternoon, and his family wanted to go out. He still was not able to find his loafers. His four-year-old brother, on his own, started singing Hakol Yachol. A minute later they found his loafers! Read more: Bitachon Story #406
Dovid, a thirteen-year-old boy from Eretz Yisroel, left his house one morning to go to shul. He tried using the elevator, but it was broken. He therefore went down the steps and walked to shul. After davening, it came time to go back home. He thought to himself, “It will be hard for me to walk up seven flights of stairs without an elevator.” So, he turned to Hashem and asked Him to please make the elevator work. The entire time he was walking home, he had bitachon that Hashem would make it work. When he got to the building, he pushed the button, and the elevator worked. It brought him up to his house. He told his mother the story. So, she went out to check the elevator, but it was not working! For the rest of the day, it was broken. It only worked for him when he had bitachon! Read more: Bitachon Story #405
Mrs. Lieder* was looking for something and she couldn’t find it, so she said, “I’ll sing Hakol Yachol.” Her little two-year-old said, “Mommy, I know what that means. It means Hashem is going to help you find it.” Mrs. Lieder asked, “How do you know?” The two-year-old said, “Because by Morah the CD player wasn’t working, so she told the whole class to sing Hakol Yachol and it started working!” The mother said, “Wow!” She didn’t even give this chinuch to her child, it was the Morah who gave it to her child, and she brought it home and said, “Mommy, I know what Hakol Yachol means. It means that Hashem will help you!” Read more: Bitachon Story #404
Yaakov Zev Rand, an eleven- year-old boy from Chestnut Ridge, New York, was at a park with his camp. He was very thirsty and he did not have money to buy a drink. So he said, “Hashem can do everything. I trust that when I push the button on the soda machine He will make a drink come out.” Yaakov Zev then went over to the machine and pushed the button for a Powerade. Lo and Behold the drink came tumbling out!!! He went to the management of the park and they told him that it seemed like someone before him paid but for some reason the drink didn’t come out for him. Editor’s note: A Rav was asked in this case and he said that the drink was hefker and muttar for him to take. Should you have a similar situation, please ask your Rav. Read more: Bitachon Story #403
Chaim Dov Pruzanksy from Mountaindale, NY was in the car with his Rebbi. The window was not closing. They tried for 20 minutes, but to no avail. Finally, Chaim Dov said, “I’m going to have Bitachon in Hashem,” and immediately the window closed! Read more: Bitachon Story #402
Rabb Feig, a man from Eretz Yisrael, had a baby who was growing older and needed new clothing, but he did not have a penny to his name. He was trusting in Hashem that Hashem was going to provide him with parnassah. Not long after that, someone came and dropped off two big bags filled with clothing. He now had enough clothing for his baby for the entire year! Read more: Bitachon Story #401
