All of us — all the avreichim and yeshiva bachurim in the family – divided among ourselves Maseches Kiddushin so that we could complete it together during bein hazmanim, a segulah for our sister to find her zivug very soon.
On Shabbos following the end of Bein Hazmanim, all of us, except for one bachur, who had already started yeshivah, gathered together for the seudah of the day.
I assumed that the brother who was already in yeshivah had learned his part as well, and I said, “Let’s make the siyum maseches!”
At that moment I checked the time, and I saw it was 12:28. I noted the time for myself, because I wanted to check with my brother in yeshivah to make sure that indeed he had already completed the masechta by that time.
The siyum took place with much joy and excitement, and with great hopes for a major yeshuah.
On Motzaei Shabbos I phoned my brother and told him that we had already made the siyum. “I hope there was no problem with the fact that I was a bit late in completing my part,” he said. “I finished learning the daf only at 12:27...”
This was a “sweet candy” of hashgachah pratis, which preceded the yeshuah.
Immediately afterward, that Sunday, the shidduch proposal came up, and my sister subsequently got engaged. Mazal tov!
