{"id":98216,"date":"2022-11-19T23:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T21:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98216"},"modified":"2022-11-19T23:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T21:49:20","slug":"one-shidduch-leads-to-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/one-shidduch-leads-to-another\/","title":{"rendered":"One Shidduch Leads to Another"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Shidduch Leads to Another<\/strong><\/p>\n

A certain young man was having difficulty finding his intended. He constantly prayed for Hashem to allow him to build his own home, but no match seemed right. The suffering young man once came to me and asked that I pray for him, in the merit of my fathers, that he find his life partner soon. Of course, I blessed him warmly. After speaking with him for some time, I got a feel for his personality and suggested a shidduch<\/em> for him with a girl from Toronto.<\/p>\n

In order to speed up the process, I helped the young man make travel arrangements to Canada. The parents had already met, and the shidduch<\/em> seemed to be going smoothly.<\/p>\n

When the young man arrived in Toronto, he was hosted by a member of the Jewish community. The host had no idea of the boy\u2019s plans and suggested a shidduch <\/em>of his own. At first, the boy demurred, for he wanted to continue with the shidduch<\/em> which had already begun, the one that he came for in the first place. But Heaven ordained that he would meet specifically with this second proposal. The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n

The boy called me up with the good news that he was a chatan<\/em>. For a fraction of a second, I felt a stab of disappointment. I had thought that my own suggestion was his true intended. But I immediately pushed all such thoughts aside. Isn\u2019t Hashem the ultimate Matchmaker? In the merit of the match which I had thought of, the boy made the trip to Toronto, where he met his true zivug<\/em>, the one designated for him even before he was born.<\/p>\n

Sometime later, when I found myself in Toronto, the father of the original suggested girl related that both he and his daughter were despondent that the shidduch<\/em> had not materialized. The girl was still single. It was painful to hear about their suffering. I prayed for Hashem to perform a miracle on their behalf, in the merit of my grandfather, Rabbi Chaim Pinto, zy\u201da. I stipulated that before I left Toronto, which was in another two days, this girl would find her intended life partner.<\/p>\n

Through Hashem\u2019s kindliness, that very day, her father phoned me and joyously informed me, \u201cA wonderful match was proposed for my daughter. She is planning to meet with the young man today.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few days after I returned to France, I received another call from Toronto. I was told that bisiyata di\u2019Shemaya<\/em>, the shidduch<\/em> went through. The girl was engaged to be married in another three months.<\/p>\n

Baruch Hashem, the marriage is a happy one, blessed with a home full of beautiful children.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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