Believing in a Better Tomorrow
I once delivered a shiur in the Beit Hakeneset Hagadol, in Vincennes, Paris. Afterward, an elderly woman approached me. She claimed that she must speak to me on the spot, for she did not have the strength to return when I normally accepted audiences. Many people were standing around, so I asked them to move aside in order to hear what this woman had to say.
This was her story:
My dear daughter reached marriageable age, but could not find her Divinely-intended partner. The years passed slowly by, and she became older, living at home all the while. One day, she approached the Rav, asking to be blessed with finding her intended. You blessed her that in the merit of your holy fathers, she would merit finding her life partner easily. But time marched on, and she was far from marching down the aisle. The blessing did not seem to take effect, for my daughter was nowhere near getting engaged. She therefore visited you time and again, never giving up her request for a blessing.
The last time she came, the Rav pounded on the table, declaring, “B’ezrat Hashem, in the merit of the tzaddik, Rabbi Chaim Pinto, zy”a, tomorrow you will meet your truly intended!” My daughter accepted these words as a guarantee and walked out with a bounce in her step.
Honored Rav, I would like to fill you in on the rest of the story. The very next day, one of my daughter’s friends invited her over to her house. There, she met this friend’s brother. With Heavenly kindness, they were married and even merited bringing children into the world!
The woman was extremely emotional.
I told the woman that this wonderful miracle occurred in the merit of my holy ancestors and her and her daughter’s simple faith in the blessing of the Rav. She took my words at face value.
