Hashgacha Pratis Archives

Mrs. Moskowitz* is a teacher in Lakewood. One night, her husband came home from Yeshiva not feeling well. He said he was feeling shvach and nauseous. He said, “Oh, my chavrusa just had shigella, and I probably caught it. He was out for a few days.” The first thing his wife thought was, “Oh no. Now, my husband is going to be out for a few days, and my children are going to catch it.” Then she said, “One second. I don’t believe in cause and effect. I don’t believe in nature. I don’t believe in teva. I believe in “Ha’mechadesh bi’tuvo b’chol yom tamid.” Every second is a new world. Her husband went to sleep and woke up feeling perfectly fine! without any symptoms. He was with all of his kochos; he felt amazing! He had been complaining he was nauseous and weak, with all the symptoms of shigella, and the next morning he was back to himself, running around, feeling perfect! Read more: “A Living Kiddush Hashem”

“A Living Kiddush Hashem”

27/02/2024

Mrs. Alpert, R’ Avigdor Miller’s einkel, once called me up to ask what Kabbalah she could do to bring more kavod shamayim to the world. She was already doing so much, but I told her to tell one person a day how she saw Hashem that day. She said she’s been doing it, and people love it and have been asking for more! She shares stories with them, and they share with her. She has a hotline, and today, she said over a story. She went from store to store shopping. After she finished, as she was walking out of one of the stores, she stuck her hands in her pocketbook, and she realized that there were no keys. She usually doesn’t even check her pocketbook ahead of time to see if she has her keys; when she gets to her car, she looks for them. Hashem just put it into her brain to check, and she saw she was missing her car keys. She had no idea where it was, and she had a lot of packages with her. Then she remembered the last place she had them. She is a teacher, and she went to the candy store to get candies for the kids. She had her keys in her hand as she was counting out the candies. She went to check, and it was right there! She saw the chesed Hashem! If she had gone to her car without checking for her keys ahead of time, she would have carried all those bags to the car, and then she would have had to go back inside. Also, Hashem reminded her where it could have been! She didn’t remember that she had her keys then. It was just Hashem putting everything in her brain. She said that Hashem showed her chesed after chesed and that He is taking care of her. Amazing Hashgacha Praitis! [R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: Chesed Hashem

Chesed Hashem

27/02/2024

Ushi Sofer* was flying overseas back to his Yeshiva. He arrived at the airport only 45 minutes before his flight, and found a very long line. It seemed like he was going to miss his flight. Then, the non-Jew who was in charge came over to him and said, “Come right here. Come to the front of the line.” He brought him straight to the front of the line. They took him in on the flight one, two, three!The Chesed Hashem on his journey didn’t stop there. He hadn’t arranged a ride to his Yeshiva when he was going to land. While he was on the plane, a Yid came over to him and asked him where he was going. He told him he is a bachur going to Yeshiva, and the Yid said, “You can come with me. I’ll give you a free ride to Yeshiva!” Such hashgacha pratis! [R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: “Water From Sham’yim!”

“Water From Sham’yim!”

26/02/2024

R’ Green* was traveling with his son on a bus. His son got very, very thirsty, and he badly needed a drink. R’ Green didn’t have any water with him. He asked Hashem, “What should I do? I have my son here, and he needs water; we’re going to be on the bus for a very long trip.” A few minutes later, a Yid came over to him and said, “I have a couple of extra bottles of water. Would you like any?”Just like that, one Yid shared a water bottle with another Yid. Such amazing hashgacha pratis! [R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: Hashem- The Ultimate Pull!

“Hashem’s Constant Care”

26/02/2024

The Greenberg* mishpacha went overseas and they were sleeping in a hotel. They left their hotel room and closed the door behind them, and they realized that they had locked the keys inside the room. They only had one set of keys. They were trying to figure out what to do. Just then, they saw a Yid walking by. He said, “I’m a mashgiach here in the kitchen, anything I can help you with?” They said, “Yeah, our key is locked in the room.” He said to them, “Oh sure. I know exactly who is in charge of where the second key is to your room.” He was able to help them find the right person to help them! Hashem organized everything perfectly! Amazing Hashgacha Pratis! [R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: Parking on Hashem!

Parking on Hashem!

24/02/2024

Rabbi Golomebeck is printing a book by BP graphics and he wanted to go through the book to fix his mistakes and make corrections before they print it. He wanted to find a spot to park right in front of the store so he could take care of it one, two, three. It’s a small parking lot, and the spots are usually taken. When he got there, there was one spot right open in front of the store! Read more: The Wondrous Ways of Hashem

Hashem- The Ultimate Pull!

16/02/2024

R’ Katz* was trying to get his child into a certain Mossad. People said, “There’s a waiting list out the door. You need a lot of pull to get in. It’s not practical. Even people with pull couldn’t get in.” R’ Katz said, “One second. If we have no pull, then let’s use Hashem’s pull.” They applied, and the school said that they would put them on the bottom of the list but that they shouldn’t even think it’s possible because there are 100 people before them. The next day, the school called them up and said, “Okay, come for an interview.” R’ Katz asked them, “Aren’t we the last on the list?” They said, “You’re right, we made a mistake. We looked at the bottom of the list instead of the top, but once we called you, we called you.” They got in!!! Amazing Hashgacha Pratis! [R’ Golombeck] Read more: Hashem’s Endless Kindness!

Hashem’s Endless Kindness!

15/02/2024

Mrs. Cohen’s son was running late for the bus and missed it. She called the bus driver and asked how long before he had come to the stop. The non-Jewish driver said, “Don’t worry. I’ll turn around and come back for you to make you happy.” Hashem is doing nissim geluyim for Klal Yisrael! [R’ Golombeck] Read more: Hashem Loves Us!

Hashem Loves Us!

11/02/2024

Yeshiva Toras Chesed has a sprinkler system. Whenever something is smoking, it spritzes water from all directions. It puts out the fire right away. There was a fan that a bachur left on for a little too long and it was overheating. It made lots of smoke, triggering the sprinkler system and caused everything in the Yeshiva to get wet.They called the janitor to clean up the mess. The janitor said, “I see your G-d was watching you and protecting you.” He was cleaning the Otzar Sefarim and he saw that the sprinkler in the Otzar Haseforim did not work! If it would have, it would have drenched all the sefarim! It actually did spritz but it went straight to the floor and not to any sefarim!” Usually the sprinkler is supposed to spray on all the sides. The janitor saw that it was a nes! Instead of all the sefarim getting drenched, there was just a little puddle on the floor. Every other sprinkler spritzed from all directions and everything got wet! Hashem protected the sefarim and the tefillin! Nissim geluyim! [R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: Parnasah is From Shamayim

Is there Hashgacha Pratis during the 3 weeks?

06/02/2024

Of course there is Hashgacha Pratis during the 3 weeks! There is something very interesting that we find in hilchos Tisha B’av. We sit on the floor, recite kinnos, don’t even greet each other yet surprisingly we omit tachanun; just like we find by the other moadim. Why is this so? The verse in Eichah (1:16) tells us, ‘מועד עלי ‘קרא. From here we see that Tisha Be’av is considered to be a moed and therefore just like with the other moadim we don’t say tachanun We can understand why in the future Tisha B’av will be a moed, but why even now does it already have the status of a moed? The Chasam Sofer explains that since our mourning is coming from hope, therefore, the Bais Hamikdash is still considered alive and it has the status of a moed! And a moed is a time when we come close and we connect with Hashem!

Parnasah is From Shamayim

04/02/2024

R’ Chezky Weiner* is Rebbe in a Yeshiva. Money was very tight and he was struggling to figure out how to pay rent on the first of the month. The day before the rent was due, his brother called him up and said, “You know, my business is doing well. I want to give you money for rent.” So far, this has happened for the past 3 months! He had no idea how he was going to pay rent. But it’s all working out! One month, his brother even gave him more! Such Hashgacha Pratis! (Rabbi Zevy Golombeck) Read more: Hashem is the Best Party Planner!

Hashem is the Best Party Planner!

01/02/2024

Rav Golombeck had the most amazing encounter with a very chushuv Yid, Shmuel, who works as an electrician, and he goes around fixing electricity in people’s houses. He told Rav Golombeck that three years ago he went to fix the electricity by a yungerman by the name of Efraim Rosen. While he was at his house, Efraim had ‘A Life with Bitachon’ playing on speakerphone. Shmuel was blown away by the Emunah and Bitachon! He asked for the number of ‘A Life with Bitachon’, and they ended up schmoozing for over one hour! He didn’t wind up going to anybody else that day. He was just so amazed by Emunah and Bitachon. He said that ever since that day three years ago, he has been following ‘A Life with Bitachon’ every day, and it has changed his entire life. He told Rav Golombeck, “Right now, I’m making a Simcha.” (It was his child’s aufruf.) “Instead of caring all the time what type of impression I’m making, being scared of this person from that person, trying to please and impress everybody. I say that I am here just to impress and please Hashem. It’s so easy to please and impress Hashem. Everything is from Hashem, and everything is perfect! Hashem is running the simcha and Hashem is making the simcha!” He said he was able to be so calm and relaxed with a smile! He never believed he could make a simcha so stress and worry-free! Just like having a party planner, he saw how Hashem was taking care of everything with hashgacha pratis from start to finish and everything in between! (R’ Zevy Golombeck) Read more: Parnassah is from Hashem!

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