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 the hilula ceremony one year, all of the participants joined in his anguish and rent the heavens in supplication for this man to hold a healthy baby.
That very day, the 26th of Elul, he and his wife were redeemed. The merit of the public, coupled with the merit of the tzaddik resting there, aroused Heavenly mercy for this couple.
