Chava Klein from Monsey, New York was trying to make a phone call, but the phone was not working. She tried many times, but to no avail, and she gave up. Then she remembered what she read in the Spring Hill Times, and was mechazek herself in bitachon. She reminded herself that Hashem is the Kol Yachol. She then tried using the phone again, and this time it worked perfectly! Read more: Bitachon Story #415
Reb Shmuel from Boston went to a basement shteibel. He got there, and he saw that he was the first one; the lights were closed, and the door was locked. He knew the combination, but when he tried, it did not work. He tried it again, but it still did not work. He tried it a few times, and it didn’t work. He turned to Hashem and said, “I believe that you can open the door for me.” He started trying again, and he felt the doorknob turning from the other side. It was the Rebbetzin of the shul. She had been davening and she wasn’t able to open it the first few times he tried. Right then she had finished and she opened the door for him! Read more: Bitachon Story #414
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
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,
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
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
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
Mrs.` Schwartz, a teacher in Lakewood, said her school made a Shabbaton in a hotel. It was for the mothers and teachers. When they signed up, whoever had a baby told them they were bringing a baby and they would arrange for them to be on the second floor because there were a lot of steps and they couldn’t use the elevator on Shabbos. When it came the week of the Shabbaton, she realized that she forgot to tell them that she has a newborn baby. She was wondering if she should call them and tell them. She didn’t think it would be proper hishtadlus because then they would have to start moving people around. She decided to go with bitachon that they would put her on the second floor without calling them. When she got there, she got the second floor! She had told her husband that she forgot to tell them, and he gasped, ‘oy! What’s going to be? There’s no way you’re getting it because everyone has babies in Lakewood.’ She said, ‘that’s if you go with tevah, but if you go with bitachon, it’s a different set of laws!’ Read more: Bitachon Story #399
Rabbi and Mrs. Weiss were driving on the Garden State. It was raining heavily and making it very hard to drive. Mrs. Weiss said, “I trust in Hashem that he is going to make the rain stop at 6:38.” At exactly 6:38, the rain stopped! Read more: Bitachon Story #398
