A Miraculous Spectacle
An older woman was having trouble finding her marriage partner. She came to me, pleading that I bless her in the merit of my holy fathers that she find her intended in the near future. I acceded to her request, praying that Hashem should enlighten her eyes and help her find her true intended, meriting to marry according to Jewish custom.
But Heaven arranged otherwise. The woman spent years in spinsterhood. But she did not despair. Every so often, she came to me, asking for another berachah in the merit of my ancestors. Every time that she visited, I blessed her anew that she should merit establishing her home in the very near future. Additionally, I wrote out blessings for her on notes. I asked her to return these papers to me as soon as she found her intended.
When I was visiting Paris, this woman approached me. This time, she bewailed her bitter lot. At a loss as to how to help this poor, broken woman, I decided to offer her my glasses as a security of sorts. I stated that she may come to me next only with her chatan at her side. Until the day of her happiness, I did not want to see her, for I felt I had nothing more to give her.
The woman heard my words. She took the glasses, and, with a look of defeat, left the room. Feelings of depression began worming their way into her heart. She resigned herself to a life of spinsterhood till the end of her days.
To my utter amazement, within a short time, the woman returned, beaming. I had never known she could look so happy. She had come to return my glasses, for they had done their job. She had found her intended and was preparing to build her future home.
“Your deliverance should demonstrate the great power of faith in Hashem,” I told her. “Only after you placed all your trust in Him, having no other recourse of action, did you merit salvation. Had you felt that there is none other than Him sooner, you might have merited salvation earlier.” I added a heartfelt blessing that she merit building an everlasting edifice built on Jewish values.
- The glasses
