There was a couple who came from dignified families, and many years after they were married, they were not yet Bentched with children, R”L. They tried every treatment, every specialist, and many Segulos, but nothing helped. They remained childless for decades.
Until, suddenly, Hashem’s salvation came to them, and they had a child! The father revealed to a close friend the secret that brought about the birth of their child.
There was a man in America who had a very hard time making a living, and he did not have enough money to pay tuition for his fifteen-year-old daughter in high school. After the school administration sent notices and warnings to the parents, with much embarrassment, this girl was told she had to leave the school. This girl and her parents suffered great pain and shame from this, and it was widely discussed among their friends and relatives.
When this man heard about what had happened, he was very bothered by it, and he was moved to action. Although he was not a wealthy man, he and his wife came up with an idea, to try to take on the Mitzvah of paying the tuition for this girl.
He approached the principal of the high school, and from the outset, he stipulated a few times that this must remain a secret between them, and that no one can know about this. The two of them sat at the desk in the high school principal’s office, and they calculated how much tuition was owed for the teenage girl to finish high school, and the amount was $7,000.
It was impossible for him to come up with this sum at one time, but he took upon himself to pay the school twenty-five dollars every week until the amount was paid off. The agreement was written up and signed by this man and the principal, and in this way, the entire tuition would be paid off.
Immediately, the principal sent a letter to the girl’s family saying that things had changed, and she would be able to return to class right away. No one ever found out what caused this turn of events. Almost immediately after this incident took place, this couple was rewarded, and they learned that they were expecting a child!
Reprinted from the Parshas B’ha’alos’cha 5785 email of Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg’s Torah U’Tefilah.
