{"id":98806,"date":"2022-11-20T03:53:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T01:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98806"},"modified":"2022-11-20T03:53:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T01:53:36","slug":"the-promissory-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/the-promissory-note\/","title":{"rendered":"The Promissory Note"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Promissory Note<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Ben-Gigi of Morocco is an acquaintance of Mr. Messika, a good friend of mine. Unlike his acquaintance, though, Mr. Ben-Gigi never had faith in the merit of the tzaddikim. He never sought their blessings. But then his life took a turn for the worse. Various problems plagued him from all sides, and he felt like he was sinking in quicksand. Who could assure him that he would ever extricate himself from his troubles?<\/p>\n

His acquaintance, Mr. Messika, suggested that he come to me for a blessing to be spared his suffering, in the merit of my ancestors. But Mr. Ben-Gigi countered that he had no faith in the unbelievable miracle stories which are told about me.<\/p>\n

Mr. Messika was taken aback by his attitude. \u201cI am of Tunisian lineage, yet believe in the tzaddikim of Morocco, while you are a Moroccan Jew, who has certainly heard of the prestigious Pinto family, how can you not believe in their powers?!\u201d With nothing to lose, and no alternative course of action, Mr. Ben-Gigi came to me for a blessing for success.<\/p>\n

As he sat before me, his eyes alighted on a memo paper that sat on my desk. It had the name of someone who had helped me out in the past. When Mr. Ben-Gigi read the name, he became noticeably upset. In response to my question as to why he was disturbed, he asked a question of his own, \u201cWho is this person whose name is written here?\u201d he demanded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do you ask?\u201d I answered with a question of my own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis man is the one who is making my life miserable.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was stunned at this revelation. I told Mr. Ben-Gigi that this man passed away many years ago. How could he possibly cause him harm from his place on High?<\/p>\n

But Mr. Ben-Gigi did not believe me. \u201cHonored Rav, I don\u2019t have the faintest idea as to what you are talking about. The man whose name is written here is the one behind all of my problems.\u201d Suddenly, his face broke into a smile. \u201cJust a moment,\u201d he said. \u201cCould it be that I am mixing up two people who have similar names?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery likely.\u201d I replied. \u201cIn any event, I have no idea about your adversary. All I did was write down this man\u2019s name, with no specific intentions. It seems that on High they arranged things this way so that I should be able to help you out of your difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Ben-Gigi nodded in assent. Seeing an opportune moment, I added, \u201cIf Hashem orchestrated things in this way, it must be that I am His messenger to help you. Maybe now you<\/em> can be the messenger to help me. I am in dire need of a large amount of money to pay the monthly stipends of the avrechim in my kollel, as well as for renovations which we must make at the yeshiva. Would you be able to assist me in this matter?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Ben-Gigi realized that Hashem\u2019s hand was behind all this. He immediately made a sizeable donation to the yeshiva. In the merit of donating charity, all of his problems were solved.<\/p>\n

Since he paid up the yeshiva\u2019s debts, his businesses, on the verge of bankruptcy, were saved. Since that time, he constantly sees blessing in all his endeavors. <\/em><\/p>\n

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The Promissory Note Mr. Ben-Gigi of Morocco is an acquaintance of Mr. Messika, a good friend of mine. Unlike his acquaintance, though, Mr. Ben-Gigi never had faith in the merit of the tzaddikim. He never sought their blessings. But then his life took a turn for the worse. Various problems plagued him from all sides, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":26656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heavenly-assistance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}