Reb Menachem and his wife live in Bnei Brak and were away one Shabbos. That Shabbos, their home was robbed. Among the stolen items were checks Reb Menachem received from his customers, jewelry their daughter received as a gift for her upcoming chasunah, and a hundred-thousand-shekel, money Reb Menachem had just borrowed to pay for the wedding!
On Motzei Shabbos, one of the children had to get something from his parent's home, and he was the first one to see what occurred. He called his father to tell him what happened. (He thought it would be easier for his parents to know beforehand rather than come home and find everything turned topsy-turvy.)
Reb Menachem immediately parked his car at the side of the road and covered his face with his hands. He couldn't drive; he was too distressed. Eventually, he calmed down, and they arrived home. His wife entered the house and said, "Ribono shel Olam! I believe everything is from You, and everything is for the good, although we don’t understand why. In the merit of my emunah, I request that my two children beget children of their own."
Two of their married children didn't yet have children. One was nine years after the chasunah, and the other was six years after the chasunah. She added, "Furthermore, Ribono Shel Olam. In the merit of our belief that even this is for the good, may our divorced son find his shidduch..."
Her tefillos were answered. It didn't take a year, and her two children had children of their own, and her divorced son was engaged and married. We learn from this story that when one keeps this mitzvah and believes that everything is for the good, he is rewarded immensely.
Reprinted from the Parshas Eikev 5783 email of Torah Wellsprings: The Collected Thoughts of Rabbi Elimelech Biderman.
