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Final parable of the alchemist

In the final parable of the alchemist we learn that if his secret would be  known he could be put to death but the one who hold s the secret of Emunah and Bitachon will be honored and sought after.  "He will be the cause of his city's welfare, and because of him his fellow citizens will be shielded from misfortune."

pg 359:10

Rav Pincus tells the story of a boy who ran after the Gestapo to find his sister after they had kidnapped her.  The General looked at him and said "When hair grows on the palm of your hand I will return your sister".  The boy immediately lifted up his hand that due to replacement surgery many years before hair had grown on the palm of his hand. 

pg 312 Living Emunah

Rabbi David Ashear

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