Sequel: Shortly after Pesach, R’ Moshe from Williamsburg met a friend who seemed down. As they spoke, his friend disclosed that he had three daughters and one son looking for their bashert. With the days stretching into months and the months turning into years, it was taking its toll on him and his family.
“So, what do you do about it?” asked R’ Moshe.
“I say lots of Tehillim — kapital after kapital.”
“Do you also speak to Hashem in your own words?”
“No. I just repeat the words of Dovid HaMelech. What could be better than his words?!”
“Let me share a personal story with you.” With that, he narrated the aforementioned story that he’d witnessed just a few weeks earlier, how speaking to Hashem in elementary language brought about exceptional results. “How about talking to Hashem in your own words, not just using the words of Tehillim?”
“I never thought about it, to tell you the truth. Once you’re mentioning it, it sounds like the right thing.”
From then and on, in addition to his daily Tehillim, he also saw to it to enunciate his bakashah in his own words. Shortly after its implementation, he witnessed the shidduch wheels — which till then had seemed frozen — begin to move.
Three months later, R’ Moshe received a call inviting him to his friend’s 31-year-old daughter’s vort. He was glad to have been part of the instigation that had brought about the simchah. Preparing for the chasunah was no easy feat. Aside from the preparations in and of themselves, the phone was ringing nonstop with suggestions for his other children.
Two weeks before the chasunah, the family members gathered for the celebration of the 29-year-old daughter’s engagement. The preparations were a bit overwhelming, but knowing the key to premier assistance — speaking to Hashem — offered unparalleled support.
One month after the chasunah, he celebrated the engagement of his third daughter — the 27-year-old. To date, one year after R’ Moshe’s suggestion, all three daughters were happily married, with each of them holding the key to success right in their hands. The simplicity of the story taught him not such a simple lesson: There is no simple tefillah. Be open with Hashem. He wants to hear from you!
Reprinted from the Sukkos 5786 email of Zichru Toras Moshe
