A chareidi couple was concerned, not exactly sure where the money was going to come from to pay their electric bill. “I davened to pay the bill” explains the husband, who adds he bought a lottery ticket for the third time in his life hoping this time, he would win.

And win he did, earning a cool 12.5 million shekels, more than enough to cover his electric bill for quite a few years.

The Jerusalem couple, in their 40s and the parents of six children, arrived at the Lottery Authority on Sunday, 23 Shevat with their winning ticket in hand. They explained that they have the winning numbers from the motzei Shabbos lottery. They were still unaware as to how much they won, telling the clerk they hope it will be sufficient to pay off their electric bill of NIS 4,000. They used the heat quite a bit during the winter’s cold days in the hope the children would not become ill. They admit they were at the end, without ideas how to pay the bill – simply davening to HKBH to assist.

The couple purchased an NIS 11.60 ticket. “It is the third time ever that I purchased a ticket and when we saw the winning numbers on motzei Shabbos, we could not believe it and we grabbed a Tehillim to thank HKBH. We could not fall asleep after this. It was the biggest gift we ever received”.

When asked what they are going to do with the winnings, they explained “First of all we will pay the electric bill. We have a dream of traveling to Rav Nachman and now we can begin planning such a trip for the entire family. Regarding the remainder, we will continue living a modest life as we did before. Baruch Hashem we have an apartment and six children and we are going to assist talmidei chachamim.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)