He is home and He has what to give

Berel was a chossid of the Chozeh of Lublin. He was the local batlan - he would spend his entire day in shul davening and learning. He was able to survive because once in a while, his rich brother, Shmuel, would give him some money to cover his basic expenses. As time went on, his 3 daughters reached marriageable age and his wife started pleading with him that he should ask Shmuel for some money to be able to marry them off. After refusing for a long time, he eventually gave in.

Leaving his poor neighborhood, on the way to his brother’s house, which was located on the other side of town, where the affluent people lived, Berel had plenty of time to think. Different doubts started to rise in his mind: “Maybe Shmuel’s not home, and if he is home, maybe he doesn’t have the money to give me, and even if he does, maybe he’s not going to want to give me…” After all, Shmuel was not tremendously supportive of Berel's life choices.

With these thoughts, he approached Shmuel's house. Walking up the steps to the house, he was thinking “But there is Someone Who is always home, Who has what to give, and Who wants to give, why am I coming here?”

Berel turned around and went straight home. Coming home, to his surprise, he found the house empty. A few hours later, his wife came home with a large sum of money, and told him the following story:

“Right after you left on your way to Shmuel’s house, a fancy carriage pulled up in front of our house and a few noble looking people started to knock on our door. When I opened it, they told me that the Poritz had gone mad, and being that the regular doctors weren’t able to help, they wanted me to come and to heal him. I tried to tell them that I am not a miracle worker, all I do is upshprech ayin horas, but they didn’t listen

“Having no choice, I went along. When I came to the Poritz, I did what I know how to do, and to my great surprise, he regained his senses. Thanking me for my work, he rewarded me with this large amount of money. Now we can marry off our daughters and support ourselves for a long time”

Berel decided to travel to his Rebbe and tell him the whole story. As soon as he walked in to have his private audience, the Chozeh told him “He’s home, He has and He wants to give.”