Hashgacha Pratis Archives

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!

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!

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!

Bitachon Break

28/01/2024

Mrs. Levin* wanted a break for Shabbos. She wanted a relaxing Shabbos without needing to cook and bake. She didn’t know of anybody who she could go to. She thought to herself, “It’s all up to Hashem.” She said, “One thing I do know. You, Hashem, are running the world, and You’re in charge of everything. Later on that day, one of her friends called her up and said that she had ordered the whole Shabbos from a catering place. There was a mix-up and she got doubles of all the food. She had nothing to do with the extras, so she asked Mrs. Levin if she would want the other half, free of charge. Just like that, they got the whole Shabbos catered to them! Without even needing to pay one penny!! [R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: Bitachon #40

Amazing Hashgacha Pratis!

25/01/2024

Mrs. Fischer* had a baby four months ago. One night her baby gave her a tough night. He was up most of the night, and she didn’t really have too much time to sleep. She works in the morning, and she usually wakes up early to make herself lunch, but she didn’t have an ounce of koach. She said, “Hashem, who is going to make me lunch today? What am I going to do?” When she went to the front door, she saw a five-course meal waiting for her outside! She was thinking, “Where could this have come from?”She noticed a note attached saying that her shul had a program that provides meals for kimpeturin mothers. They were giving it to her now, and she never actually received it when her baby was born. They gave her the lunch package four months late, exactly the day she needed it! Amazing Hashgacha Pratis![R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: Thank You Hashem!

Hashem Works Everything Out!

23/01/2024

There is an older Yid who is not well and he can’t fend for himself. So a yungerman by the name of R’ Yitzchok* was mekabel to collect tzedakah for this Yid. He called him another Yid and said, “I’m helping this older Yid. Do you want to help?” He replied, “For sure I want to help! I have somebody else who would even help more than me.” He gave the yungerman the his information. R’ Yitzchok wrote it down but he then lost all the information about that person. He had no idea where to find him, how to track him down. He told Hashem, “I don’t have the paper. I don’t have the information. But one thing is that You know where he is!”He was walking in the street and just bumped into this Yid and they started schmoozing. Turns out, he was the guy who was going to help and he gave a lot of money!!(R’ Zevy Golombeck) Read more: “Only You can help me!”

The Wondrous Ways of Hashem

23/01/2024

R’ Naftali* he is very makpid to give tzedakah before Shacharis every day. He is also very makpid to go early to shul every morning. Today, two things happened. He woke up late for the first time. He also did not have any money in his wallet. He did not know what to do. He went to Shacharis, and on the way he saw a older man walking on the ice to Shacharis, slipping on his way. He stopped and told the man, “Let me bring you to Shacharis.” He said, “Thank you so much! Everyday I get a ride. I don’t know what happened to my ride today.” R’ Naftali said, “Wow. Usually I go earlier. Now I saw you.” Also, I like to do a chesed before davening. This is the biggest chesed I can do.” Wow, he made the man feel like a million dollars! Yidden are amazing. They always want to do chesed and give tzedaka; people are being moser Nefesh to go to Shacharis! So much to learn from this story. Klal Yisrael is an amazing nation. Such Hashgach Pratis!(R’ Zevy Golombeck) Read more: “VIP service!”

Hashem’s unrelenting Kindness!

19/01/2024

Morah Rosenberg* woke up in the morning and realized she didn’t have any forks left to give out for lunch at her playgroup. She didn’t have time to go to the store to get more forks. She didn’t know what she would do. When the children arrived in playgroup, Morah Rosenberg checked the children’s school bags. In one of the school bags was a note attached to a cup of plastic forks! It said, “Here is a cup of forks, because every day you give forks to my child when you give out lunch, and I wanted to pay you back! Use them and enjoy them.” Hashgacha Pratis down to the last detail! Read more: Hashem- The Orchestrator of Life!

Hashem- The Orchestrator of Life!

19/01/2024

R’ Yoni Sharf, a Rebbe in New York, was bringing back some books that his kids had borrowed from the Jewish library. They had only been able to find about half of them. He didn’t know where the rest of the books were. As he was on the way to the library, he realized that he didn’t have money to pay the fine to the library. He went back to get money, and he found the other bag with all the other books he was supposed to return! Gam zu letova! When he arrived at the library, he saw that right nearby was a place to daven, and they were looking for a tenth man to complete their minyan. It was perfect for his schedule to daven at that moment! He saw how Hashem orchestrated it that when he was halfway to the library, he remembered to get the money, which caused him to find the other half of the books and and also caused him to arrive just as yidden were looking for a minyan, at a time that was perfect for him to daven maariv! Hashem runs a perfect world with amazing hashgacha pratis!! Read more: “It’s Hashem Who’s is in charge of emotions!”

“Only You can help me!”

02/01/2024

With her car at the mechanic, Rebbetzin Trank had to take a train from Flatbush where she lives, to her work in Borough Park. The problem and issue was, that she couldn’t walk to the train with all her books considering the freezing temperatures outside. So she turned to Hashem, “It’s way too much for me getting to work; only You can help me!”And then, a moment later, a friend pulled up, “Where do you need to go? I will be happy to bring you wherever you need!”And with that, she got door-to-door service, better than ever with amazing hashgacha pratis! Read more: Hashem turns Unbelievable into Reality!

Hashem turns Unbelievable into Reality!

19/12/2023

Mrs. Horowitz rents apartments for her organization, which provides loved ones of patients in the hospital with a place to stay nearby. This gives them the much-needed rest and menuchas ha’nefesh. Mrs. Horowitz has apartments near NYU and Columbia hospitals in Manhattan. This past month, the landlord of her apartment in the Colombia hospital vicinity gave her notice that he was going to raise the rent to an exorbitant amount, out of her budget. The same day, as Mrs. Horowitz was ready to call the landlord to end the rental agreement, she got a phone call from someone who said “Do you still have your apartment chesed organization?” When she answered in the affirmative, he said, “Many years ago, I stayed at one of the apartments, and I decided today, as a sign of Ha’karos Hatov, I would like to cover the rent for the apartment, no matter the price!”If it’s not crystal clear that Hashem is running everything from beginning to end with hashgacha pratis in this story, what is!? [R’ Zevy Golombeck] Read more: Hashgacha Pratis Donuts!

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