Sometimes the One Who Warns of the Robbery is the Robber: A Story of Divine Providence

Hello and blessings my esteemed colleagues!

Here is a story I recently read, a special one for our dear viewers.

Two brothers who are Torah observant maintained a large gold jewelry business.

One Shabbat evening, they were sitting and eating together, happy and content, singing Shabbat songs, enjoying delicacies of swans, quail, and fish.

Then the phone rings; both, of course, do not answer, and they gesture to each other that regardless of who might be on the line, they are currently observing Shabbat for the honor of Hashem, and Shabbat is a source of blessing.

After several rings, the call goes to voicemail, a message all the family hears, where they hear: "This is your security company speaking; your store has just been broken into at this moment, come immediately to save what you can."

Both turn pale as a sheet, understanding their world has collapsed.

But they promise each other to overcome and maintain the sanctity of Shabbat.

And so, throughout Shabbat, they do not talk, discuss, or even think about that terrible and dreadful burglary, a break-in that could bring ruin upon their business and their lives.

After Shabbat, the first thing they do following Havdalah is a frantic drive to their place of business.

Upon arrival, they see the place breached, the locks broken, and the display window empty.

But not a single hand touched the safes.

All standing ready, waiting only for the owners to come and take inventory to see nothing is missing.

The police arrive after them and inform them that a great miracle occurred for them by not breaking Shabbat.

Because the caller pretending to be their security company, was actually the robbers themselves who couldn't crack the safes, and planned to force them at gunpoint to open all the safes and then send them to the next world.

Beyond the story of Divine Providence, which we don't always appreciate, because the more you hear stories of Divine Providence, you start thinking, "Why doesn't this happen to me?", "Why is Hashem not with me?", and this could even lead you to despair.

It's good to occasionally hear such stories, but it's also good to know there's inverse Divine Providence.

Because if Hashem does not do something suited to you, there's something else even more fitting, even if you don't understand it.

But there is an additional message here.

Not everyone who calls and worries for you is your true friend; not everyone who warns you about someone harming you does so with good intentions.

Sometimes, it is indeed the evil that stands by your side and tries to divert your mood and mindset in the wrong directions.

Someone who pities you and says, "Oh my! Did they do that to you? If I were you, I wouldn't let that slide," is not your true friend.

At those moments, he is your real enemy.

Before making a decision, confront and thoroughly check who stands before you, whether a friend or foe, and only after a clear conclusion, act accordingly.

Blessings to you!