Seven Good Years
Seven Good Years I was receiving the public in the Beit Hakeneset Saban in Argentina. The wife of the rabbi of the congregation approached me and enthusiastically related that her husband and son had been miraculously saved from a horrifying car crash. Besides for some minor scratches, they emerged unscathed. In order to demonstrate the […]
Calling for Divine Intervention
Calling for Divine Intervention When I was visiting Chicago, I suddenly thought of my dear friend, Eliezer, who lives in New York. He is a most devoted friend. Whenever I would ask for various favors, he would always respond enthusiastically. He often sends me people in distress, so that I can try to help them […]
The Moving Mezuzah
The Moving Mezuzah On a visit to the USA, a man related a strange thing. No matter how strongly he nailed the mezuzah to the entrance of his house, it would fall down again. I offered to come and try to put it up myself. That was what I did. Then I delivered a talk […]
Expected to Do His Will
Expected to Do His Will A woman once approached me, complaining that she suffered from extreme weakness. Her systems were not functioning properly, and her doctors told her that she had to give her body a chance to strengthen itself in order for her to regain her health. Toward that end, they instructed her to […]
Open Lines
Open Lines When I was on a visit to New York, I needed a large sum of money for charity purposes. In an act of Divine intervention, I met Mr. Kadi. He is a wonderful man, who generously donates tzedakah and hurries to help me whenever I turn to him. I asked him now, as […]
My Mission
My Mission I first began my career when Father asked me to receive people who were in need of assistance. I would be their advisor as well as their guide in Avodat Hashem. I asked Father to pray for me that Hashem lead me on the right path and send His help so that I […]
A Brother Like No Other
A Brother Like No Other Another incident demonstrating my father’s far-reaching vision happened when I was approximately six years old. At that time, we were six children at home: my older brother and sister, myself, and my three younger sisters. Throughout the years, family members would tease me and say, “What bad luck! You have […]
Envisioning Revival
Envisioning Revival Father, zy”a, used to ask me to accompany him on his many trips to Morocco, where he would visit the graves of the tzaddikim buried in Casablanca. In 1976, we were on one such visit, when news came in that a terrible tragedy had occurred in Eretz Yisrael, in which three people were […]
Divine Inspiration
“Do not cast me away from before You, and do not remove Your Holy Spirit from me” (Tehillim 51:13) Rashi writes: Your Divine Spirit should not be far from me. The Radak says that David was referring to Divine inspiration, which he possessed, as the pasuk states (Shmuel II, 23:2), “The spirit of Hashem spoke […]
A Consecrated Cancellation
A Consecrated Cancellation On one of my many trips to Mexico, I was invited to the home of Mr. Bergman. He promised to make his entire kitchen kosher, if only I would accept his invitation. When I finally did so, he was the happiest man in the world. He invited a number of friends, as […]
No Way, José
No Way, José A Mexican gentile boy went missing. His parents, middle-income people who worked in a factory, tried to find their lost child, but met against a brick wall. The factory owner was a Jew who used to come to me for blessings and advice in the merit of my holy fathers. When I […]
Awakened by a Prayer
Awakened by a Prayer When I was receiving the public in Canada, a woman asked me, “Does the Rav remember me?” I apologized, but said that I did not. Then she told over her story: A number of years ago, I lay unconscious for a long time, in a deep coma. When the Rav came […]
