Lizchus Moshe Yehuda Ben Pesha Dina and Ephraim Shlomo ben Chana Dina and Daniel Yisrael ben Aviva Elisheva and Yosef Eliyahu ben Rivka Chava and Mordechai Eliyahu Hillel ben Yosef Halevi and Shaindy Chana bas Malka and Sarah Leah bas Chaya Chana for a SPEEDY zivug among ALLLLLLL those who are looking!!!!
A shadchan goes to see a poor man and says, "I want to arrange a marriage for your son."
The poor man replies, "I never interfere in my son's life."
The shadchan responds, "But the girl is Lord Rothschild's daughter."
"Well, in that case..."
Next, the shadchan approaches Lord Rothschild. "I have a husband for your daughter."
"But my daughter is too young to marry."
"But this young man is already a vice president of the World Bank."
"Ah, in that case..."
Finally, the shadchan goes to see the president of the World Bank.
"I have a young man to recommend to you as a vice president."
"But I already have more vice presidents than I need."
"But this young man is Lord Rothschild's son-in-law."
"Ah, in that case...."
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The shadchen was very anxious to conclude a chasseneh between the son of his longtime friend and his own niece. It wasn’t just the fee involved, either. The old broker was certain they would make a happy and loving couple. But the young man would have none of the prospective bride, a recent widow.
“You call this a good match?” he rebuked the shadchan. “That woman is the mother of four children!”
“All right, so she’s the mother of four. By you this is bad? Take the word of an experienced man — it’s much better so!”
“What do you mean, better?”
“My boy, did you ever stop to think that if you married a maiden and decided to have four children, what kind of tsoris you’d go through?”
“I don’t think that’s so much trouble.”
“Ha! The experienced man is talking! You never had to go through four pregnancies! And you live two flights up in the apartment house so you have to carry your wife up the stairs when you bring her back from the hospital. So what happens? I’ll tell you exactly what happens — you sprain your back and now you’re both convalescing. And if your wife doesn’t recuperate from the childbirth, what do you do? You send her to the Catskills for a rest, that’s what!
“Here you are, living in the city and she’s in the country. And who’ll look after the kinder [children] while you are working or maybe laid up in a sick bed, and she’s away? Will you do all the cooking and cleaning and washing of diapers? You call that a kind of life?
“On the other hand, I’m offering you a fine-looking widow with four ready-made children: no fuss, no bother, no expense — custom-tailored, just for you. My boy, anybody who doesn’t grab this proposition is out of his mind!”
SHAAAAAAAALOOOOOM SWEEEEETEST FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a GREAT week. We read about the splitting of the sea which Chazal compare to the making of shidduchim. So this is a SUPER Shabbos to daven for those sweet men and women waiting for that SPECIAL one!!!!
What is the connection between the splitting of the sea and making shidduchim which the Medrash says are EQUALLY difficult??
Let me tell you about how I met my wife. Great story.
But wait!!! First I need to tell you how my parents met. Great story.
But wait!!! First I need to tell you how my in-laws met. Great story.
But wait!! First I need to tell you about how both sets of my grandparents met and how both sides of my wife's grandparents met. Great stories.
But wait!! We need to go back generation after generation.
The ONLY way I could meet and marry my wife [and even exist] is because of EVERY shidduch that preceded ours.
WOW!!! So Hashem already had us in mind 2,835 years ago and 3,486 years ago and from the very beginning of creation.
Chazal say that Hashem already made a condition with the sea at the time of creation that it would split.
So both קריעת ים סוף and shidduchim require pre planning from the beginning of time. NOT PASHUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
BELOVED FRIENDS!!!! It is NOT GOOD for man [and woman] to be alone [I plagiarized that line right outta the Chumash]. So this is a great time not only to daven for single people but to be Hashem's agent and set people up!!! One shidduch and you made not only their lives but that of their descendants until the end of time!!! WOW-EEEE
A DELICIOUS sea-splitting-shidduch-making-Shabbos-Shira-to-all
PS - My first date was at the zoo b/c I wanted to get used to what a house with little kids is like. Big sgula.
