{"id":98381,"date":"2022-11-20T00:55:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T22:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98381"},"modified":"2022-11-20T00:55:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T22:55:09","slug":"a-gracious-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/a-gracious-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gracious Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Gracious Blessing<\/strong><\/p>\n

A pair of twin girls from Lyon asked for my blessing that they each find their marriage partner quickly. After coming to me a few times, they each found their zivug<\/em> and married into the families of Saban and Deri. The joy at their weddings was palpable.<\/p>\n

But their joy was short-lived. Although one merited having children almost immediately, her sister waited anxiously for a baby that did not come. The years passed. One twin already had two young children and was expecting her third, while the other had none. The one who was a mother was terribly pained at her sister\u2019s plight.<\/p>\n

They came to the yeshiva in Lyon to see me. After I delivered the shiur<\/em>, they came into my office.<\/p>\n

The sister who had merited children burst into bitter tears. \u201cHonored Rav,\u201d she began. \u201cI have been married for five years. I have two sons and am expecting my third child. But my joy is incomplete because my sister is still barren. This gives me untold pain and makes my lot bittersweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her twin then took up the thread. \u201cHonored Rav, I do not envy my sister, chas v\u2019shalom<\/em>. I wish her all the good in the world and a home filled with the sweet sounds of children. But whenever my husband looks my way, I feel that he is unhappy with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

These words pained me. I was especially touched by the sorrow of the sister who did have children. Her distress at her sister\u2019s situation in spite of her blessing was poignant. I blessed the barren woman from the depths of my heart and said, \u201cB\u2019ezrat Hashem<\/em>, this year you will be happier than your sister.\u201d<\/p>\n

She looked at me in surprise. \u201cHow can I be happier than my sister?\u201d she asked. \u201cEven if I were to give birth this year, I will have only one child, while my sister will have three, bli ayin hara<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think Hashem cannot give you four children?\u201d<\/p>\n

When her sister heard this, she heartily answered, \u201cAmen! May my sister be happier than I!\u201d<\/p>\n

I was humbled before this giant of a sister. How she worried and wished her dear sibling well!<\/p>\n

The two women left my room, filled with faith in my prediction.<\/p>\n

Things transpired as I had predicted. The expectant mother gave birth to a healthy baby, and the barren sister had quadruplets. I was the sandek<\/em> of one of her sons.<\/p>\n

This story was publicized throughout Lyon and caused a kiddush Hashem. Hashem is not far from anyone who seeks Him and truly believes in Him, as we say (Tehillim 145:18-19), \u201cHashem is close to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely. The will of those who fear Him He will do; and their cry He will hear, and He will save them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Gracious Blessing A pair of twin girls from Lyon asked for my blessing that they each find their marriage partner quickly. After coming to me a few times, they each found their zivug and married into the families of Saban and Deri. The joy at their weddings was palpable. But their joy was short-lived. […]<\/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-98381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98381","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=98381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}