I want to tell an amazing story of completely revealed hashgachahh pratis – may Hashem’s Name be blessed forever.
The property offered to me was a steal. An excellent location, a truly low price. The seller was under pressure, and he compromised regarding the price, but on one condition: that the property be sold in a hurry. I understood that this was an amazing opportunity, and I set up a meeting with a lawyer to sign a contract and purchase the apartment.
In the meantime, we began the process with the bank in order to get funding for the deal, and, as everyone knows, things take time in the bank. I wondered, along with my family, whether it was Hashem’s will that we forge ahead, or whether doing so was in the category of “one does not depend on miracles.”
I could barely have imagined the answer to this question.
Quite some time ago, I lent a large sum of money to the principal of a Torah institution. He said he would return the loan shortly, but when I reminded him, he said, “Look, I’m dealing with large sums of money all the time, but at the moment I don’t have any cash on hand.”
The next time I reminded him, he told me, “Come over right now. There’s money here now.” I didn’t make it to him at that moment; I arrived at his office only several hours after the conversation.
“Too bad you didn’t come when we spoke,” the principal told me. “I had money then, but now the money has already moved on to someone else.”
This happened time after time, until I stopped trying. The principal had borrowed the money, and I knew he would return the loan. It was a waste of time and energy to keep calling him.
Suddenly, without any prior warning, the principal called and told me, “I have the money to return the loan. I’m transferring the money to your account right now.”
The next day came, and the lawyer’s secretary called. Along with reminding me of the meeting that was to be held the next day, she informed me that I was to bring along enough money to cover the sum of 7 percent of the deal.
That was a huge amount of money. How had I not anticipated that I would need it?
My head started spinning with possibilities, names of friends and acquaintances past and present. Then I quickly recalled the principal who just transferred money to my account. I called the bank, but there was no dramatic announcement; the money was not in the account.
I called the principal, and he told me, “Don’t worry. I made the transfer yesterday; tomorrow you’ll see the money in your account.”
What happened the next day? What happens in all the nice stories? On the exact day that I needed it, the money became available, and I had the entire sum I needed to pay the lawyer for everything that was necessary in order to complete the deal.
This is not just a nice story, it is a he’arah from Above, that one does not lose out from doing mitzvos. I lent money, and thus it was saved for me for the exact time when I would need it. This proved to me that Hashem wanted me to make the deal even though the money to back it had not yet been approved by the bank.
A few hours later, the bank approval was in place. Hodu laHashem!
