Hashgocha Protis Training

The Mashgiach, Rav Chatzkel Levenstein, used to relate that when his daughters were still young, he would give them small change if they would think about ways to see Hashgocha Protis in their home and in their lives. This Hashgocha was easily observed in how the Mashgiach's household was run, as the level of poverty was great. And when they told him what they had seen and discovered, he paid them a coin for each story.

One of his daughters, Zlata Malka Ginsberg, related: "My father zt"l used to educate me in the ways of Hashgocha using a variety of methods. One of his methods was to give me a notebook. He promised that if I filled in one daily occurrence of Hashgocha Protis, he would buy me a prize. And true to his word, once the notebook was full, he bought me a prize, even though this cost him dearly because of our poor financial situation and his lack of means. To my father, the need to recognize Hashgocha Protis was so important that it was worth the money."