{"product_id":"meant-to-be","title":"Meant to Be","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncredible\u003cspan\u003e shidduchim stories about real people and true events, past and present\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith selected halachic questions and fascinating anecdotes from RABBI YITZCHAK ZILBERSTEIN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"'You have two problems: You have a daughter who needs to get married, and she's a top girl.' I smiled, but I didn't agree. True, a top girl sometimes has a harder time in \u003cspan\u003eshidduchim\u003c\/span\u003e, but why not be optimistic?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sometimes a person thinks to himself, \u003cspan\u003eWho will want someone with a scar? Who will marry someone my age? Why did HaKadosh Baruch Hu do this to me?\u003c\/span\u003e This person doesn't understand that everything that his Father in Heaven does for him is only a kindness and a mercy. It was specifically because of his scar that the \u003cspan\u003ebachur\u003c\/span\u003emerited finding his special \u003cspan\u003ezivug\u003c\/span\u003e who was waiting for him...\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A date was arranged. Then a second and a third. A few weeks later the \u003cspan\u003eshadchan\u003c\/span\u003e was invited to the vort. When she entered the room, she was shocked when she saw who the \u003cspan\u003ekallah\u003c\/span\u003e was--it was the older sister, not the younger sister whom she'd had in mind when she suggested the\u003cspan\u003e shidduch\u003c\/span\u003e!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"As she waited for the storm to pass, she was reminded of the waiting inherent in the process of \u003cspan\u003eshidduchim\u003c\/span\u003e. Waiting for your \u003cspan\u003ebashert\u003c\/span\u003e. Waiting for the \u003cspan\u003echasunah\u003c\/span\u003e. Waiting to start a new life. Waiting and waiting for the right time... A rebellious tear slid, unbidden, down her cheek. How much longer must she wait?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe are living in a time of \u003cspan\u003ehester panim\u003c\/span\u003e, when Hashem's providence is hidden from us. It's often hard to see how at every single moment everything is being orchestrated by Him, even though we know it's true. Yet there is one area, one time in a person's life, when Hashem's \u003cspan\u003ehashgachah\u003c\/span\u003e can be seen openly, when one can palpably feel that Hashem is with him, orchestrating events. That area is \u003cspan\u003eshidduchim\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes to finding one's \u003cspan\u003ezivug\u003c\/span\u003e, one's soul mate, there is no doubt: only HaKadosh Baruch Hu could have brought about the sequence of events that led to the creation of another \u003cspan\u003ebayis ne'eman b'Yisrael\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new story collection from the author of \u003cspan\u003eBar Mitzvah and Tefillin\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan\u003e102 Stories That Changed People's Lives\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Israel Bookshop Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45334205857988,"sku":null,"price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/2886\/6244\/files\/F035AF59-3DEE-4CD5-833E-6471A05B2B7E.jpg?v=1761792548","url":"https:\/\/kingston-judaica.myshopify.com\/products\/meant-to-be","provider":"Kingston Judaica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}