Conditioned to Love Hashem
Conditioned to Love Hashem A woman from France had an only child, whom she raised with excessive love. But she did not merit having more children, as she had wanted. In her sorrow, she turned to me for a blessing, which I offered wholeheartedly. Some time passed with no signs of another child. She came […]
Special Delivery
Special Delivery One Friday afternoon, Mr. Jean-Jacques (Itzchak) Rachmin, the president of the Jewish community in Lyon, went to the yeshiva for Minchah services. Afterward, as was his custom, he stayed for a shiur in Torah and Friday night services. During the Torah lesson, when he was engrossed in his study, Rabbi David suddenly came […]
Bound to Hashem with Gratitude
Bound to Hashem with Gratitude A Torah-observant couple asked for my blessing for children. They had remained barren for many long years and wished to cuddle a child. I blessed them warmly, and they turned to go. A moment before the door closed behind them, they mentioned that they had brought another couple with them, […]
Full-term Faith
Full-term Faith When I was in Mexico, a woman came to see me with her little son. She placed him on the table, and said, “Rabbi David, this child is yours.” Too many times, women consider aborting for no justified reason. I categorically prohibit this conduct. It is out-and-out murder. Even when I am aware […]
A Father’s Blessing
A Father’s Blessing A woman once came to me, bitterly bemoaning her lot. She asked, “Why do my friends, my neighbors, my cousins, and my sisters all have children, and only I am singled out to be childless?” I felt for her in her pain, but I couldn’t help her much. Hashem alone holds the […]
Good Things Come in Small Packages
Good Things Come in Small Packages Hashem often brings before me women who, for various reasons, wish to have an abortion, rachamana litzlan. I always try to impress upon them the severity of this sin. At any stage of pregnancy, when there is no risk of life involved, such a drastic step is tantamount to […]
Reforming One’s Deeds
Reforming One’s Deeds Whenever I hear of a Jew who did teshuvah in the merit of my heartfelt blessing, given in the merit of my ancestors, I am filled with a strong sense of happiness. Another lost soul has found its way back home. When I was staying at the home of Mr. Abadi in […]
Returning to the Father for the Sake of a Child
Returning to the Father for the Sake of a Child A couple once approached me, spilling out their hearts. They had been married many years yet did not yet merit having children. They asked for my blessing. “Do you observe Torah and mitzvot?” was my immediate question. The man replied, “No. Does the Rav guarantee […]
A Blessing in Triplicate
A Blessing in Triplicate I was once asked if I was related to the famous Pinto family. I replied in the affirmative. The man went on to say that one of the later Pinto rabbanim, he was not sure which, had blessed his brother that if he observed mitzvot punctiliously, he would merit having children. […]
A Word from the Wise
A Word from the Wise On a visit to Miami, a woman came to see me in a most emotional state. She excitedly related that she was born in the merit of my grandfather’s blessing. This is her story: Many years ago, my father came to your grandfather, zy”a, weeping bitterly. All of his sons […]
Storming the Heavens
Storming the Heavens My disciple, Rav Shimon Elzas, had been married for a number of years, but did not merit having children. Every year, he would religiously visit the grave of my holy grandfather, Rabbi Chaim Pinto, zy”a. There, he would shed copious tears, begging Hashem for children in the merit of the tzaddik. During […]
Doubly Blessed
Doubly Blessed Imagine the devastation of a woman who was told, after numerous tests and treatments, that she was infertile and could never bear a child. This woman could not digest this terrible prediction. In spite of the doctors’ ominous words, she placed her faith in Hashem, the ultimate Doctor. She came to me time […]
