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I've been listening to your hotline for many years and getting tremendous chizuk in emunah and bitachon. I immensely enjoy listening to stories told over with such simplicity and purity by people who live with the consciousness that only Hashem is in charge of the world and of every occurrence in their lives.
I want to share something that happened to me at home and proved that all the years of listening to the hotline have had a real effect on our lives.
One afternoon, I left my home and headed out to daven Minchah. When I finished, I saw several missed calls on my phone from home. I called home and my daughter told me that when the kids were running around, they broke a dish worth thousands of shekels.
That second, the vort I heard on the hotline in the name of the Bas Ayin came to mind. The Bas Ayin says in Parshas Vayechi that if something unpleasant or difficult happens to you, you should thank Hashem for it. This is the way to totally transform the seemingly bad event into good. He says that when we do this we are zocheh to tremendous brachah.
So what did I do?
I went home, and I gathered together all the children on a makeshift "stage" (the top bunk-bed). We read the vort of the Bas Ayin and I clarified and explained for the children to understand. When we finished, we thanked Hashem with all our hearts.
Instead of getting angry, we said thank you. I am certain the message affected my children and will remain with them all their lives.
This is all in the zechus of the Hashgachah Pratis Initiative.
Best wishes,
Chaim Yaakov Zuckerman, Yerushalayim
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