This story was sent to Bney Emunim from someone who lives in Mevasseret Tzion, and owns a business in the transportation industry. The man related that due to the Vechol Ma’aminim pamphlet that he came across, he was inspired to strengthen his observance of the mitzvah of answering amen, and in time, he merited a wondrous miracle. This is his story:
"One day, a customer of mine sued me for a huge sum of money for damage caused to him that he claimed I was to blame for. His claims were totally groundless, but because the man had hired a top tier lawyer, you could say that this lawsuit definitely posed a risk to my financial future.
As a segulah ahead of the trial, I decided to strengthen myself even more about being strict to answer amen in general, and to recite Birchos Hashachar bechavrusa each morning in particular. I did this throughout the months that I was waiting for the trial, until it became a habit. At the same time, I davened with all my heart for a good outcome.
On the day of the hearing, I rose early. The hearing was in Yerushalayim at 8:30 in the morning, and in order to be able to daven calmly, I left my house at first light, intending to daven Shacharis in one of the shuls in Shaarei Chessed, which was near to the courthouse.
I arrived in shul a few minutes before davening began. I didn’t want to forego the kabbalah I had taken upon myself, so I mustered up the nerve, and went over to one of the mispallelim and asked if I could say Birchos Hashachar so that he could answer amen.
The man looked surprised at the request, so I explained that it is a practice cited in the Shulchan Aruch, and that I had taken upon myself to be careful to do it, due to a big lawsuit where I was being falsely accused of something. After he agreed, I made the brachos and he answered amen. Then I listened to his brachos and answered amen.
After davening, I hurried to walk to the court. When it was my turn, I entered, and I was stunned when I realized that sitting on the judge’s chair was none other than the Jew who just a short time earlier had answered amen to my brachos!
It is hard for me to describe the feeling I had in those moments. Without knowing the outcome of the trial, deep down I was already breathing easier, as if I had received a signal from On High that the kabbalah I had taken upon myself was accepted.
It is possible that the judge recognized me and it is possible that he did not. In any case, after a period of exhausting hearings, he acquitted me on all counts. I will never know with certainty, but it is possible that he was positively influenced by the fact that I came over to him that morning to ask if I could make brachos, and perhaps he also saw it as a sign from Above...
