{"product_id":"ibs-la638","title":"102 Stories That Changed People's Lives - Volume 5","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"0\"\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbig\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Inspiring Anthology\u003cbr\u003eThat Strenghtens\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmunah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBitachon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/big\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young \u003ci\u003eavreich\u003c\/i\u003e was struggling to make ends meet and was burdened with debt. He received\u003cbr\u003ea monthly stipend of one thousand five hundred shekels from his \u003ci\u003ekollel\u003c\/i\u003e, which did not even\u003cbr\u003ecover basic daily expenses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne Thursday afternoon, he returned home and noticed an envelope sticking out of the mailbox.\u003cbr\u003eHe took it out and saw that it had been sent by Bituach Leumi. He could not imagine what they\u003cbr\u003ewanted from him. His first thought was that he must owe them money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd indeed, the letter Inside read:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Following a review of your account. It has been determined that you owe two thousand five hundred\u003cbr\u003eshekels. If this amount is not paid within five days, Interest and linkage will be added.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI do not even have one hundred shekels to buy food for\u003cbr\u003eShabbos\u003c\/i\u003e, he thought. \u003ci\u003eWhere will I find that kind of money?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut a moment later, he strengthened himself with a different thought.\u003cbr\u003eHe was not alone. The Ribono Shel Olam could do anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe next day, he went to the grocery store to buy food for Shabbos. \"You already owe five\u003cbr\u003ehundred shekels here, and I will not give you anything more on credit. On Sunday\u003cbr\u003emorning, you must pay your debt. If you don't, you won't be able to shop here\u003cbr\u003eanymore,\" the grocer said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow his debts had grown to three thousand shekels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe did not have the money, but Hashem did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater that afternoon, one of his friends met him at shul. \"Do you remember\u003cbr\u003ethat you borrowed money from me eight months ago? You were supposed\u003cbr\u003eto repay it four months ago. I haven't said anything because I didn't need the\u003cbr\u003emoney, but I do now. Please return it as soon as possible,\" the friend said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"You caught me just before Shabbos. I have no way to give it to you right now,\"\u003cbr\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eavreich\u003c\/i\u003e answered honestly. \"But by next week, you will have the seven\u003cbr\u003ehundred shekels I owe you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe stepped aside and davened to Hashem. \"\u003ci\u003eEin od milvado\u003c\/i\u003e. Ribono Shel Olam, only\u003cbr\u003eYou can bring me the money. I rely on no one else.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe truly was a man of deep \u003ci\u003eemunah\u003c\/i\u003e. He believed with all his heart that only the Ribono\u003cbr\u003eShel Olam could help him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe prepared for Shabbos with the bare minimum, managing to buy challos and a few\u003cbr\u003enecessities, certainly not meat or other luxuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNevertheless he celebrated Shabbos with joy. The table was filled with Shabbos songs,\u003cbr\u003ewords of Torah, and \u003ci\u003echiddushim; me'ein Olam Haba\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMotza'ei Shabbos came, and he made Havdalah. Another person in his situation might have\u003cbr\u003efallen into despair or begun calling cousins and acquaintances in search of a loan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this Jew was certain that no human being could truly help him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe only One who could help him was the Ribono Shel Olam....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e102: The Gematria of Emunah\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRabbi Tzvi Nakar is a contemporary maggid and the author of \u003ci\u003eEmunah Shleimah\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBar Mitzvah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTefillin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeant To Be\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e24\/7\u003c\/i\u003e. 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