An amazing story happened to my brother on his way back from Hungary after a journey of praying at the graves of tzaddikim. My brother arrived at the airport and realized he had three hours until his flight. My brother is not the type to waste time and is highly mission driven. This means that if he went to Hungary for a Tefillah journey, he felt he needed to remain focused on the mission of Tefillah.
However, davening with devotion in an airport is challenging. So, he stopped a taxi and asked the driver to take him to the nearest Jewish cemetery to the airport. He arrived at the Jewish cemetery, but he did not know if there were any tzaddikim buried there or where they might be located. My brother chose a grave at random, one that drew his heart, and began to daven there. His main Tefillah was for a shidduch for his daughter. He poured out his heart, finished his Tefillah, returned to the airport, and then flew back home.
Upon arriving in Israel, he received a suggestion of a shidduch for his daughter. From that suggestion, the sides celebrated with the breaking of a plate, Mazel Tov!
Now the extent of hashgacha pratis became clear: The groom turned out to be the grandson of the very person on whose grave my brother had davened. He pulled out his camera and showed them a photo of himself davening at their grandfather‘s grave. The emotion reached its peak when it became evident that the grandfather had acted from the heavens to secure a good shidduch for his grandson.
Another interesting point highlights how HaKadosh Baruch Hu arranges matches so precisely: my brother was adamantly opposed to a chosson from the Kohen lineage (for various reasons). It was only after the engagement that he realized HaKadosh Baruch Hu had orchestrated everything perfectly. This time, he hadn‘t inquired in advance whether the family was Kohanim or not! My brother said, “When a shidduch is destined to happen, no tactic will help. HaKadosh Baruch Hu had long ago declared, ’The daughter of so-and-so for so-and-so.‘ Against the decree of the One who arranges shidduchim, there‘s no way around Him Yisbarach!”
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