The Shrinking Growth
The boy Moshe Chabarbati was very sick. He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. His parents decided to take him to the hospital in Boston, where the doctors have experience with this type of growth. A short while before they were scheduled to travel, they heard that I was about to visit their town. They delayed their trip in order to meet with me and receive my blessing for a refuah sheleimah. Due to the urgency of the matter, they were waiting for me at the airport so that I could see their son immediately and bless him in the merit of my forefathers.
As soon as I came out of Arrivals, I saw the boy in a wheelchair. He could hardly move a limb. I blessed him with a complete recovery. I added that we should hear good tidings from him in the merit of his parents’ solid faith in Hashem.
Then the trio made the arduous journey to Boston. After comprehensive testing, it was discovered, by some miracle, that the boy did not have a growth in his head at all. He was suffering from a violent germ, which necessitated complex treatment. But he was out of the woods as far as his growth.
After a number of treatments, the boy did not need his wheelchair anymore. His parents gratefully came to notify me about his turnabout from danger to safety.
