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Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« on: May 23, 2025, 03:58:45 AM »
We so often experience something which so clearly shows Yad Hashem through Middah K'Negged Middah (Karma?).
There can be something someone did (or didn't do) and then they see a reward or punishment directly connected they did/didn't do.

For example, a friend of mine, a lawyer by trade, was not doing so well financially and was sent a sum of money for an Arab firm that he did work for. He looked over the money and saw that they paid him too much. He was unsure if he should tell them and was unsure if he even had too. He decided to let them know about it but tell them that he could use the extra money and hoped they would let him keep it.
No such luck. "Thank you for letting us know, please send it back", they said. He was happy though, because he knew he did the right thing although he could have used the money.
Literally 10 minutes later, he receives an email. It said it was from the US government, sending him some money that they owed him from 10 years ago. At first he thought it was a scam but after checking it out more he realized that it was real. The amount of money? Almost the exact amount that he returned to the firm.

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Re: Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2025, 04:44:12 PM »
The part that makes this story completely believable (not that I don’t believe you!) is that the amount was not the exact same but almost the same :)
Cynical me just can’t see it lining up so perfectly :-X
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Re: Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2025, 05:52:14 PM »
The part that makes this story completely believable (not that I don’t believe you!) is that the amount was not the exact same but almost the same :)
Cynical me just can’t see it lining up so perfectly :-X
and also, if it was 10 minutes later it was likely discovered and approved more than 10 before

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Re: Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2025, 06:01:31 PM »
and also, if it was 10 minutes later it was likely discovered and approved more than 10 before
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Re: Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2025, 07:40:24 PM »
Story happened to a relative of mine, many years ago.

My relative once learned that there was a yungerman who wished to join a certain kollel, however the budget was maxed out and they were going to turn him away. My relative did not want them to turn away someone wanting to learn, so he pledged to cover the entire kollel check for him – $500 monthly.

When he came into the office the next workday, he had a message on his answering machine. It was a superintendent of a building he owned, letting him know that a certain longtime tenant had vacated their apartment, and another tenant had been found. The original tenant, however, had been eligible for rent control regulations, and had been paying far below the market value. The new tenant paid the going rate – exactly $500 more per month than the previous tenant did!
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Re: Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2025, 05:05:22 PM »
מידה טובה מרובה
so shouldnt midah kneged midah be more than the exact amount?

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Re: Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2025, 10:38:56 PM »
Story happened to a relative of mine, many years ago.

My relative once learned that there was a yungerman who wished to join a certain kollel, however the budget was maxed out and they were going to turn him away. My relative did not want them to turn away someone wanting to learn, so he pledged to cover the entire kollel check for him – $500 monthly.
can you tell me where this relative of yours lives so I can park my car near him a few times
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Re: Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2025, 11:08:41 PM »
can you tell me where this relative of yours lives so I can park my car near him a few times
He was niftar a few years ago, in his 80s. Zechuso Yagen Aleinu.
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Re: Middah K'Negged Middah - Post a story here!
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2025, 07:40:04 AM »
and also, if it was 10 minutes later it was likely discovered and approved more than 10 before

And Esther became Queen before Harmon became a minister

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