Exactly What We Need, Exactly When We Need It

Exactly What We Need, Exactly When We Need It

From Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear by Rabbi David Ashear

April 23, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses how Hashem provides for our needs at the perfect time, illustrated through a personal story about a rabbi's experience with his daughter's engagement.

There are times when a person feels lacking—something he needs that is very important to him. It may seem small in the grand scheme of things, yet at that moment it means everything. And then, in a way he could never have planned, Hashem provides that exact need at the perfect time. When that happens, a person feels more than ever that Hashem is not just running the world at large, but that He is caring for each individual in the most precise and detailed way imaginable. A rabbi related that his daughter was progressing with a shidduch, and what weighed on him most heavily was the immediate expense he would have to pay the shadchan. It may sound trivial, but for someone who does not have the money, it is a very real pressure. Someone shared with him a powerful story about having bitachon in Hashem, and it gave him a great deal of chizuk. His daughter became engaged, and he knew the shadchan would be at the engagement party—but he still did not have the money. He continued strengthening himself in bitachon, knowing that Hashem has infinite ways to provide. That very day, he received a call regarding a boy who learns in the yeshivah where he teaches. The boy's father explained that…

Topics covered

  • bitachon
  • Hashem's providence
  • personal needs
  • engagement
  • shidduch

Keywords

  • faith
  • trust in God
  • spiritual growth
  • personal stories

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