Two chassidishe bochurim in their 20s entered the residence of Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Rechov Rashbam in Bnei Brak a few weeks ago and each asked for a bracha for a shidduch. One of the bochurim related that he has three sisters above him who are in need of shidduchim and he asked for a bracha for them as well.
Rav Chaim instructed them to learn Maseches Bava Basra – and to complete it in one day.
Bava Basra is the largest masechta in Shas.
But the gadol hador had instructed.
So they returned to Yerushalayim, from where they came, and sat down to study Maseches Bava Basra all night as Rav Chaim instructed.
Within short order, the family of one of the bochurim experienced a chain of simchos. The bochur’s first sister got engaged two weeks ago, the second last week, and the third this week – to the other bochur who had gone to Rav Chaim for the bracha.
Now remaining is the final bochur, the one who had three older sisters.
A member of Rav Chaim’s household explained why he instructed that they learn Bava Basra. “”There are times that people say that ‘until I finish Bava Basra, it will take a long time,’ so Rav Chaim responds that in one day it can be completed. The bochurim, with all their hearts, believed in the bracha and took it seriously, finishing the masechta within a day and seeing a salvation.”
Bechadrei Chareidim reports that Rav Chaim writes in his sefer Orchos Yoser that even in today’s times, if one believes in the brachos of the righteous, they are fulfilled.
{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}