Business Success
A short while before Pesach, a man approached R’ Chaim Leib Weiss, director of Segulas Rashbi, and informed him that he and his father are about to invest in a new business venture.“If the venture succeeds,” the man promised, “I’ll donate three skids of water toward the Lag Baomer gathering in Miron.”
R’ Chaim Leib told him, “It doesn’t work that way. You must have complete conviction that Hashem will help you in the merit of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Therefore, donate the three skids of water now and in this merit, you will have success. Most Rabbi Shimon success stories occur as soon as the person undertakes to help the Miron visitors.” The man agreed.
One week after Pesach, the man approached R’ Chaim Leib, happily holding a check in his hand. He said that, Boruch Hashem, he had had tremendous hatzlacha, way beyond the norm.
Finding a Job
Two weeks before Lag Baomer of last year, a man came over to R’ Chaim Leib. He was aware of the Maglei Tzedek dictum that promises that anyone who does a charitable deed inhonor of Rabbi Shimon gets helped with whatever he needs. This man had been jobless for four months and wanted to do something for the zchus of Rabbi Shimon. Chaim Leib suggested that he collect money for one skid of water. The man did so. One week after Lag Baomer, the man was hired for a job that paid very well.
Two Bochurim Become Engaged
Before Pesach, two bochurim who needed shidduchim decided to collect money for a skid of waterto donate to Miron visitors. They knew that whoever does a good deed in honor of Rabbi Shimon gets helped, and they hoped to find their bashert. R’ Chaim Leib told them that in the “alte heim” when Jews in the shtetl needed a yeshua, they would enlist a messenger who would take their kvitlech to the rebbe. The journey to the rebbe would sometimes take months. When the messenger would arrive, he’d tell the rebbe, “The Jews need a yeshua for so long already.” And the rebbe would respond, “As soon as you sat into the wagon, the yeshua started to come.” R’ Chaim Leib told the bochurim, “From the moment you’ve undertaken to raise a skid of water, your yeshua was already here.” Both bochurim became engaged within a few weeks – even before Lag Baomer.
Winning a Court Case
A Jew got into trouble with the law and was scheduled to have a court case right around Lag Baomer. He offered to donate a skid of water. A day after Lag Baomer, the Jew came before the judge and was found innocent.
Kidney Found
A woman needed a kidney transplant urgently. But hard as she tried, she couldn’t find a kidney donor. Her family offered to donatea skid of water. On the day of Lag Baomer a kidney donor was found.
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