A number of years ago there was a Rebbi in a Yeshiva who hadn't gotten paid for a number of months. The Rosh Yeshiva tried to explain to him what financial difficulties the Yeshiva was undergoing.
He related to the Rebbi that a certain rich man came to a Gadol and told him that other wealthy people had lost their money. What can he do to remain wealthy?
The Gadol told him to write a check to someone with whom he was angry. The wealthy man wrote a check for a million dollars [!!!] for a certain Rosh Yeshiva with whom he had a long-standing dispute.
What can I do, said the Rosh Yeshiva to the struggling Rebbi, that I am friendly with this wealthy man....
