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

R’ Moshe Weinberger, a yungerman from Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh, went to the store. He had a wallet that was full of money, credit cards and insurance cards. By mistake, he left it in the store. He only noticed it once he came back home. He said, had he not been following the “A Life with Bitachon” hotline, he would have been all nervous. He would have jumped up and ran down all the steps to the store. Along the entire way he would be thinking what he could do to get back his wallet. Now that he follows the “A Life with Bitachon” hotline, he was totally calm. He was picturing to himself the entire way to the store, how he was going to find the wallet. Baruch Hashem, he got to the store and there was his wallet! Read more: Bitachon Story #396

The freezer in the Knobloch house stopped working. They called a repair man, but he said he was not available to come. So Mrs. Knobloch said, “Let’s call Hashem.” She turned to Hashem and said, “Hashem, you can make the freezer start working.” Since then, the freezer has been working perfectly! Read more: Bitachon Story #390

Shani Applebaum had a dentist appointment. Her mother made the appointment during school hours because that’s what was available, but Shani really didn’t really want to take off from school because she really loved school. Her mother told her to tell Hashem that He’s the Kol Yachol and can do anything and He will figure everything out. She was mechazeik in her bitachon, and shortly after, the office called up and said that they were very sorry but they had to reschedule their appointment. Mrs. Applebaum told the dentist’s office that they really wanted the new appointment to be after school hours, and the office gave them exactly the appointment they wanted! Shani didn’t have to miss any school! Read more: Bitachon Story #388