Lyudmila Ulitskaya. Daniel Stein, translator (№ 421127)

And yesterday he called me and said, "Do you want me to read you a Jewish parable?" And I read about some Rebbe Zusya, who had to repay the debt by morning, and there was no money. The disciples were worried about where to get the money from, and the Rebbe was calm. He took a piece of paper and wrote twenty-five ways money could come. And on a separate note, another twenty-sixth. The next morning, the money came from somewhere. Then the students read the whole list of twenty-five possible ways, but it did not turn out to be the case by which the money came. Then Reb Zusia opened a separate piece of paper - it says: God does not need the advice of Rebbe Zusi ...