Francs). R' Gershon told his Talmid not to be afraid, and just sign the check, which had zero backing. The Talmid was terrified of doing such a brash thing, but the true Bitachon of a Tzadik is worth plenty of money. *******
Needless to say, big Nissim started happening... money came to them, and the check was covered! They say that R' Gershon never, ever, gave up, despite his tremendous issues. There is a similar story with R' Henoch Leibowitz Zatzal of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, who needed a million dollars to buy a building for his Yeshiva. He had Bitachon, and was Matzliach very quickly. R' Nissan Rozanker Zatzal was a Menahel in Bialystok, and was R' Gershon’s Rebbe.
When he saw Bachurim working hard in learning Shaar HaBitachon, he exclaimed that he suspects that someday this very Mussar will produce millionaires... which is exactly what happened to R' Gershon. ********
The interesting thing is that R' Gershon hated money with a passion. I once read a story about him where he was collecting money for his Yeshiva. When a wealthy person offered him a fat sum, he refused to touch the money, and instead his assistant received the money for him. *********
He was at war with Chanufa flattery (besides his war against Kavod). He once took an hour and a half trip to visit a wealthy person who had learned in pre-war Novardok, but his present lifestyle was no longer Torah’dik. An eyewitness told me that he spent an hour and a half with this person, and boy did he let him have it! He didn’t flatter him for his wealth. **********
He did the opposite!! And he left without mentioning the money he desperately needed for his Yeshiva. No person scared R’ Gershon! Only Hashem scared him!
