An affluent businessman came complaining to the Avodas Yisroel that all his wealth and assets were stolen. “At midnight, a thief broke into my home and ransacked all my valuables. I am left with nothing!”
The Rebbe wonderingly replied: “Do you think I stole it? Why are you accusing me? I have witnesses who will testify that I couldn’t have been there at that time. So, why are you condemning me?”
“I wasn’t accusing the Rebbe,” replied the man. “All I was saying was that I had a tremendous loss, and I was looking to receive a brachah from the Rebbe for success and to get back the lost money.” With that, he pulled out some more money to give as a pidyon to merit the yeshuah.
“I’ll agree,” replied the Rebbe, “on condition you give me fifty gold coins. Only then will I give you a brachah.”
“Fifty gold coins?” the man repeated, stunned. He stood up to leave, telling his wife, “I’d rather daven to Hashem than pay so much for a yeshuah. Hashem can help us without fifty gold coins.”
As soon as the Rebbe heard those words, he told the man that he could sit down and not worry. “Your salvation is on its way. I only intended to bring you to realize that the One and Only source of your salvation is Hashem. Now that I hear you agreeing with me, you merited your salvation, and you’ll see that your loss will be reimbursed.”
And so it was. He turned on his own to Hashem, asking that he reimburse him for his loss, and within a short amount of time, he got back all his belongings.
When we come to the realization that Hashem is the One and only One that grants us our salvation, that itself has the power to bring exceptional results. Every Yid has his own connection with Hashem that enables and privileges him to turn to Him and see yeshuos.
