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"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



1 Dec 2009

A feel good story

I came across an amazing story about charitable giving this morning. It is about a woman, Lucy Crutchfield, who called her daughter to tell her that she would send her money for groceries, although she would have to miss a mortgage payment. But she dialed the wrong number and left her message for Virginia Saenz, a complete stranger.
"I know right now we are all struggling," Saenz said. "Lisa on the phone, she sounded so desperate for her daughter, it broke my heart."
Saenz did the only thing she could think of -- she called Crutchfield back and said not to worry. Crutchfield would pay the mortgage, and Saenz would handle the groceries.

Read full article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/weird/Wrong-Number-Miracle-76368647.html

An article by Roger Cohen in the New York Times discusses the antisemitism he encountered growing up in England. Click here to read.

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