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Short Summary
Main recommendation: when facing a test or difficult situation, say to yourself out loud, "Hashem, if this is a test, I am going to pass it and get a hundred," and then follow through by staying calm and not reacting with anger or frustration. Rabbi Paysach Krohn presents this as a practice that helped several women in the story handle challenges and temptations.
Key Points
- Nava Ben Moshe, after her husband Yair left her waiting outside a Los Angeles supermarket for about twelve minutes (after an initial seven or eight minutes of waiting), chose to smile, hand him the drinks, and say nothing, which let her keep the afternoon pleasant.
- A woman learning about kashering her kitchen fell from a ladder and injured her leg/knee; she called her husband first, then repeated the phrase, and later finished the task with friends.
- Linda Tawil shared the phrase during a class in Buenos Aires, and the next day a young woman turned down a concert she had a ticket for because the performer's dress and the event were not appropriate for a Jewish girl.
- After Linda repeated the story, other listeners reported applying the phrase to their own dilemmas, such as whether to wear a sheitel or how to raise a sensitive issue with a spouse without harming shalom bayis.
- The phrase spread beyond the original audience, with people in South and Central America making keychains, magnets, and framed posters to hang in their homes.
Details Worth Noting
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Concrete instructions: When a test or frustrating situation arises, say the phrase "Hashem, if this is a test, I am going to pass it and get a hundred" to yourself, decide in advance that you will not get angry or ruin the day, and then respond calmly and warmly. Repeat the phrase with a commitment to pass the test, and where appropriate, share the situation or support with others, as the women did when they called friends to help with kashering.
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The story's timing is specific: Nava was waiting about seven or eight minutes, then about twelve minutes total, before the car arrived, and the phone was not an option since this happened before cell phones.
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The source of the story is Nachman Seltzer's book A Tiny Taste of Heaven, published by Oz V'Hadar, written many years ago, and the episodes were recounted by Rabbi Krohn in the video.
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Rabbi Krohn framed the phrase as a movement to be adopted worldwide, and noted that many people in South and Central America made physical reminders of it.
Bottom Line
The video's core message is that naming a challenge as a divine test and committing to pass it with composure can change how people act in ordinary and high-stakes moments, and the story's listeners credit the phrase with helping them resist temptation and handle personal dilemmas.
