Someone needed a thousand dollars, so he wrote a letter to Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and he put the letter in the post office box. The mailman saw the unusual letter addressed to Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and he didn't know where to deliver it, so he opened the letter and read what it said. "Dear Ribono Shel Olam," it began, "Send me one thousand dollars so I can pay my expenses..."
The mailman had rachmanus on the man who sent the letter, so he put five hundred dollars into the envelope and returned it to the sender.
The man needed another thousand dollars sometime later, so he wrote another letter to Hakadosh Baruch. The mailman opened the letter to see what it said this time. He read, "Thank you, Ribono Shel Olam, for your kindness and sending me the money I asked for. Now I need another thousand dollars. But please don’t send the money with the post office because it seems that someone at the post office opens the letters and takes out half of the money."
This man believed that whatever he got came from Hashem, and on that point, he was correct. However, we also must believe that when we lack money, that is also from Hashem. When someone takes away our money or part of our money, ultimately, that was also part of Hashem's plan.
Motel Kapolowitz was a Slonimer chasid who lived in Baranovitz. He worked as a plumber, but he was poor. There was a time when he didn't have work for a couple of weeks and didn't have food for Shabbos. Thursday night, he sat in beis medresh for some hours, hoping that someone would invite his family over for Shabbos, but no one invited him. Midnight came, and he moaned and said, "Ribono shel Olam! If it is Your will that my wife, six children, and myself should be hungry this Shabbos, I accept your decree and am happy with it." Then he fell asleep. In the morning, someone woke him up and said, "The main pipe of the mikvah broke. Please fix it."
He was paid well for this job and had parnassah for Shabbos and the next two weeks. The Nesivos Shalom zt'l repeated this story and added that Reb Motel Kapolovitz's krechtz could break the pipes in Baranovitz!
