The great housing crisis was especially relevant to us. If every young couple in Israel is impacted by
it, we were affected even more. Both because of the rising housing costs and also because of our
lack of ability to purchase an apartment.
Meanwhile we lived in a small apartment, one and a half floors below the ground in a parking lot in
Yerushalayim.
The view from our windows didn’t include daylight or hearing the birds chirping, just headlights from
passing cars…
But then the opportunity arose and we dove into the water.
We found a wonderful, airy, and new apartment in one of the mixed neighborhoods in Jerusalem, at
a very reasonable price, and we hurried to sign the contract.
We raised a mortgage and additional sums from the bank deposits and loans – whatever we were
able.
However, we weren’t properly prepared, and thus it was one month before the date for paying the
final installment – without us having the needed amount of NIS 200,000.
If that wasn’t enough, after signing the contract, the prices had continued rising, and the apartment
owner was waiting for an opportunity like this to renege on the contract…
We were under a lot of pressure and stress.
During that tense time, my wife and I decided to try donating in the merit of Rabbi Shimon bar
Yochai, to merit an urgent yeshuah.
Just one day passed and one of my uncles called. He had heard that I was in the middle of buying an
apartment, and he had NIS 60,000 which was available for a few months.
Strengthened and encouraged by the yeshuah, we added another donation in merit of Rashbi, and
just one week later my wife was informed by the bank that she was entitled to an express loan of
NIS 190,000!
We were able to deposit the full amount two weeks before the final payment date, and we became
the owners of our sought-after apartment which saved us, with siyata d’Shmaya from our own
housing crisis, in the zechus of Rabbi Shimon.
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