{"product_id":"meant-to-be","title":"Meant To Be","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIncredible shidduchim stories about real people and true events, past and present\u003cbr\u003e With selected halachic questions and fascinating anecdotes from RABBI YITZCHAK ZILBERSTEIN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e     \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 style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eshidduchim\u003c\/span\u003e, but why not be optimistic?\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Sometimes a person thinks to himself, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\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 style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ebachur\u003c\/span\u003e merited finding his special \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ezivug\u003c\/span\u003e who was waiting for him...\"\u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"A date was arranged. Then a second and a third. A few weeks later the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eshadchan\u003c\/span\u003e was invited to the vort. When she entered the room, she was shocked when she saw who the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\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 style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e shidduch\u003c\/span\u003e!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e    \u003cdiv\u003e\"As she waited for the storm to pass, she was reminded of the waiting inherent in the process of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eshidduchim\u003c\/span\u003e. Waiting for your \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ebashert\u003c\/span\u003e. Waiting for the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\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     \t\u003cdiv\u003eWe are living in a time of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\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 style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ehashgachah\u003c\/span\u003e can be seen openly, when one can palpably feel that Hashem is with him, orchestrating events. That area is \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eshidduchim\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \t\t   \u003cbr\u003e \t\t   When it comes to finding one's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\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 style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ebayis ne'eman b'Yisrael\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \t\t   \u003cbr\u003e \t\t   A new story collection from the author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBar Mitzvah and Tefillin\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e102 Stories That Changed People's Lives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\t   \u003cbr\u003e \t\t   By Rabbi Tzvi Nakar\u003cbr\u003e \t\t   \u003cbr\u003e \t\t   \u003cbr\u003e \t\t   \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-specs\" style=\"margin-top:20px\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;max-width:520px\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eHim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;\"\u003eIsrael Bookshop Publications\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Israel Bookshop Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55441686069416,"sku":"LA277T","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9765\/9560\/files\/la277t_951_detail.jpg?v=1781048796","url":"https:\/\/judaicasquare.com\/products\/meant-to-be","provider":"Judaica Square","version":"1.0","type":"link"}