By Rabbi David Ashear
A man named Binyamin* came to a Rav and gave him a very large sum of money to disburse to tzedakah. The Rav knew of several good causes in need of funds, but first he asked Binyamin why he had brought him this donation.
“I have an older single daughter at home,” he said. “The shadchanim haven’t been successful, and I came to realize that Hashem is the only true Shadchan. I decided to pay the Shadchan in advance for the eventual shidduch of my daughter, by giving the money to tzedakah.”
The Rav was inspired by Binyamin’s Emunah. Exactly forty days later, a man from Europe came to the United States for two days and was staying in Binyamin’s neighborhood. His host met Binyamin in shul and said, “I heard you have a daughter trying to get married. There is a man staying in my home who came to the States for shidduch purposes. I think it might be a good idea for your daughter. If you’d like, I could arrange for them to meet.”
They met, and in time they married. Hashem was the Shadchan. He brought the shidduch from overseas practically to their doorstep. (Excerpted from “Living Emunah on Shidduchim”)
Reprinted from the Parshas Vayeitzei 5785 email of The Weekly Vort.
