Hashgocho Stories

 

והאלוקים עשה שיראו מלפניו (קהלת ג)
HASHEM MADE IT HAPPEN, SO PEOPLE SHOULD REVERE HIM.

 


Naming My Daughter

Naming My Daughter

Hashem has an interesting way of orchestrating events. When He gives us the opportunity to look back in time, we...

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Shoeshine Encounter

Shoeshine Encounter

Was scheduled for an important meeting out of state. Woke up bright and early one morning, quickly davened with a...

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Hair Dryer Fire

Hair Dryer Fire

Once a month we sanctify the new moon by reciting a  blessing and special prayers. We praise Hashem as being...

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Holy Sifrei Torah Room

Holy Sifrei Torah Room

The outbreak of Covid caused havoc all over the world. There was a total lockdown. Life as we knew it,...

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Manna From Heaven

Manna From Heaven

Trying to make ends meet, on a Rebbe's salary in the late 1970's, was not easy. Needed to seek some...

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WITH OUR WHOLE נשמה

WITH OUR WHOLE נשמה

If Hashem didn't lead me to that specific place at that specific time, I would have missed out on everlasting...

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Rav Michels Levaye

Rav Michels Levaye

Had an unforgettable, special Rebbi in Yeshiva Ketane Ohel Yaakov, who left an everlasting impression upon me. He was a...

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MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

Many years ago my Aunt Esther Friedman became a widow. A few years later she happened to meet a wonderful...

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Orchestrating Our Lives

Orchestrating Our Lives

Hashem is always orchestrating our lives. Not always do we merit to notice it right away, let alone feel it....

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Burial On Har Hazeysim

Burial On Har Hazeysim

It has been my custom, to travel to Eretz Yisroel every year, to honor the memories of my parents, at...

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The Chair Lift

The Chair Lift

In the late 1950's I traveled through the Canadian Rocky Mountains with my parents and siblings. Still remember the snow...

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Golfing in Georgia

Golfing in Georgia

Being a Rebbi and supporting a family in the early 1980s was not easy. Many colleagues, myself included, needed to...

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The Forgotten Raincoat

The Forgotten Raincoat

It was a rainy Shabbos. My raincoat accompanied me to and from shul throughout the day. Motzei Shabbos I left...

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Torn Retina

Torn Retina

There are times in our lives that only after an experience or difficult challenge, do we realize Hashem's Divine Providence,...

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The Parking Space

The Parking Space

We are taught that every person's income for the upcoming year is decided by Hashem. It is firmly Established every...

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Saying Birchas Hamazon from a Siddur

Saying Birchas Hamazon from a Siddur

We are always encouraged to recite Birchas Hamozon from a Siddur. It is not always easy to do, especially when...

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