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I [snorts] heard the story from Rab
Gamliro
Rabinovich from Usha Lion.
There was a
Usha Lion
who learned in Carlo his whole life, had
11 children,
happy life, blissful life.
But now the real demand came. He needed
to make a chasuna for his first child,
and he had no funds.
Therefore, he needed to go to America to
collect the necessary money.
He came to a certain city,
and he went from shul to shul, house to
house, and he got to ordinary dollars
here, $5 there, but nothing sufficient
to be able to pay for his chasuna. It
was already a couple of days
being away from home. He was wondering,
"How many more days do I need to spend
here to be able to raise the necessary
funds for the chasuna?"
He felt defeated. He felt deflated.
He said, "There's only one hope.
Just open up eight to hellum,
and cry to the Rebbe in the shul
and Hashem will give me what I need."
He went to the back of the shul. He
opened up that sitter, and he cried his
heart out.
There was someone there who noticed him.
He approached him, and he says, "What's
the matter?
Why are you crying like that?"
And Usha Lion told him his story.
The guy told him, "Listen,
a few blocks away from here is a very,
very wealthy businessman.
But there's a caveat.
He's unpredictable.
He could give you the money you need,
and he could give you zero."
Usha Lion says, "I have nothing to lose.
What's his address, and what's his
name?"
Usha Lion went to the guy's house,
knocked on the door, and fortunately, he
was there.
He invited him in,
and the businessman says, "So, tell me
your story. Why are you here?"
He told him, "I'm Yishale me. I'm from
Eretz Yisrael. I learned in kollel my
whole life. I have 11 children, and I'm
now marrying off my first child,
and I need money to cover the expenses
of the chasunah."
He says, "How many children do you
have?"
Says, "11."
"11?"
He went ballistic.
"You have 11 children?
Where do you have the audacity to have
11 children, take no responsibility,
come to America, and expect us to
support you?"
Yishale kept cool,
didn't respond.
He says, "Let me ask you one question.
And how many children do you have?"
He says, "One."
He says, "One child?"
Says, "Yeah, I have one child.
And I took care of my child. I gave him
the best education. I sent him to the
best yeshivas. I built a business
empire. My son now is self-sufficient.
He's able to support himself for life."
Yishale me says,
"I'm a better businessman than you are."
The wealthy man asked him, "What are you
talking about?
You're the one wearing the tattered
clothing. You're the one who's
collecting money, and you are the better
businessman than me?
How do you figure?"
Yishale me responded, "Chazal say there
are three short There are three partners
in the world.
Mother, father, and Ribono shel Olam.
I partnered with Hashem,
the master
of all businesses,
The master of dispensing all money.
Not once,
but 11 times
Hashem was my partner 11 times.
And you only partner with him one time.
Who's a better businessman? Me or you?
The wealthy man had nothing to say.
Nothing to say.
He says, "You The Rebbe says, "You You
depend on your money. You depend on your
assets. I depend on the Rebbe and
Hashem."
And whereupon
the businessman said, "You know, I'll
partner with you.
How much do you need?"
And he wrote him a check.
He says, "Do me a favor. When it comes
time to marrying all of your other
children, come to me. I want to be your
partner."
Now, this huge sound he did not attack
the businessman.
He attacked his ideology.
His ideology was false.
His ideology was filled with sheker.
And all he was telling him straight in
the eyeball
that it was wrong.
And now the businessman saw emes, saw
truth.
