{"id":98369,"date":"2022-11-20T00:50:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T22:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98369"},"modified":"2022-11-20T00:50:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T22:50:57","slug":"like-mother-like-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/like-mother-like-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Mother, Like Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Like Mother, Like Daughter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jackie Edery and his wife were married for many years before they merited having children. They underwent numerous tests and treatments until they were physically and emotionally drained. Their doctors finally informed them that they would never have children, for one of them was infertile.<\/p>\n<p>Despondent, Mr. Edery came to see me. \u201cIf Sarah Imeinu and all the other Matriarchs were barren but were eventually redeemed from childlessness, why do my wife and I remain barren?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Matriarchs were extremely virtuous,\u201d I explained. \u201cDo you really believe that you and your wife are on their exalted level?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Edery did not hesitate for even a moment. \u201cOf course we do not reach their level, but aren\u2019t we their children??\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I was left dumbfounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay we, too, merit children,\u201d was his conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmen!\u201d was mine. I truly hoped that his dream would be realized.<\/p>\n<p>A year and a half went by. I completely forgot about my talk with Mr. Edery. Suddenly, he contacted me one day and informed me that <em>b\u2019chasdei Hashem<\/em>, his wife was expecting. He asked that I bless her with an easy pregnancy. Their baby should be born easily and in perfect health.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I blessed the woman and her child. I also expressed my wonder at this turn of events. \u201cWhich doctors did you see?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>He looked at me in wonder, and answered simply, \u201cNo doctors and no professors! Since the Rav blessed me, I placed all my hope in the ultimate Doctor. I fully believed that the merit of your fathers would bring me my salvation. Hashem has accepted the Rav\u2019s blessing and come to my aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>I was touched by his tale. I told him that he had taught me an invaluable lesson in emunah. Simple faith has the power to revoke even a harsh decree and transform it into a good one. How fortunate is the person who reaches this level of faith. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Mother, Like Daughter Mr. Jackie Edery and his wife were married for many years before they merited having children. They underwent numerous tests and treatments until they were physically and emotionally drained. Their doctors finally informed them that they would never have children, for one of them was infertile. Despondent, Mr. Edery came to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1067],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}