hashemisonmyside wrote on 23 Jul 2025 18:41:
I wanna share an interesting story that happened to me, might be the reward for the efforts I'm putting to break clean.
1 of my kids is going to learn this coming Zman to EY, i started out by applying in 2 larger Yeshivas that i figured would be a fit for him (He really wanted 1 of this 2) but got denied from both of them, 1 of them he even had a Farher, and he was amazed how good he knew everything and his Yiras Shamayim, so went to ask my Rabbi for some more ideas as I'm clueless of Yeshivas, he told me to try a few others, and i started making info on them and i was quite impressed although it still wasn't as the ones i initially tried, so i send in applications to both of them and the one that i heard really good things told me to take him for a Farher, so i went last Fri. and Sun. morning i got an email that he's accepted.
in the meantime i still didn't give up on the first 2 options, the one that my Son really wanted i was calling and emailing one of the guys i know there on a daily basis, and in the other one i had a few people trying to help me get in.
as soon as i got the email that he's accepted my son and i started making some more calls and research to make sure that we're not jumping on something that's not 100% perfect, so i spoke to 1 of my friends kids that learn in the other Yeshiva i applied too and asked him to compare the 2, and he told me that the one that i got the approval compared to other is a much better decision and he gave me the # of boy that learned with my Son here in US that's now at that place to get his feedback, so i called him together with my Son and my Son hung up the phone all confused and now come the interesting part, as we're on the call with that friend the guy from that Yeshiva that i didn't stop calling and emailing was beeping in and i call him back and he said your Son is accepted, which i was already at the point to totally give up, and Hashem showed me never ever give up, and the same applies to all of us with our struggles, Hashem sometimes gives you some signs "NEVER GIVE UP"!!!
What an incredible story! I'm getting chills reading this - the timing of that call coming in right when your son was having doubts about the other yeshiva is just unreal. And after you were ready to totally give up on that first choice!
You're so right about the message here. Sometimes Hashem shows us these clear signs exactly when we need to hear them most. The fact that this happened right in the middle of your own struggles with staying clean - that's not a coincidence.
It's like Hashem is telling you: "Look, I didn't forget about you. Keep pushing, keep trying, don't give up on yourself just like you didn't give up on getting your son into the right yeshiva."
Your persistence with those daily calls and emails paid off in ways you never expected. That same energy, that same refusal to quit - that's exactly what's going to carry you through this journey too.
What a bracha that your son now has his first choice! And what a reminder for all of us that just when we think the door is closed, Hashem might have other plans.
Thanks for sharing this - I really needed to hear it today. Sometimes the signs come exactly when we need them most.
