About 2 years ago, my cousin in Israel Binyamin Israel approached his Rabbi with hopes he could give him some direction as he was having a lot of trouble with parnassah. The Rabbi told my cousin to focus on the mitzvah of netillah...

From the very beginning, Bnei Yisrael performed the mitzvah of netillah through the use of a copper cup. However, over the past few generations the custom to use copper has been lost...