{"id":99043,"date":"2022-11-20T05:19:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T03:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=99043"},"modified":"2022-11-20T05:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T03:19:55","slug":"a-kiddush-hashem-from-kiddush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/a-kiddush-hashem-from-kiddush\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kiddush Hashem from Kiddush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Kiddush Hashem from Kiddush<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was asked to be present at the sickbed of Mr. Moshe Ben-Naim in the hospital. He was unconscious due to a severe brain disease. Around his bed, stood family and friends. Many seemed far from a Torah lifestyle. As I entered, I heard hostile murmurings of, \u201cWhy did the Rav come? What does he think he can do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the face of their antagonism, I asked Hashem to perform a miracle. This would bring glory to His Name, and everyone would clearly see that there is a Creator.<\/p>\n<p>I ended my prayer and took a glass of water. I walked over to the comatose man, and ordered, \u201cMoshe, get up and make Kiddush. You surely remember how you used to make Kiddush every Shabbat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a most stupendous way, the man opened his eyes. He took the glass and recited the entire Kiddush. When he reached the blessing, \u201cWho creates the fruit of the vine,\u201d I instructed him to replace it with the blessing over water. Then he took a few sips. He lay back and re-entered his coma. Shortly afterward, his soul ascended heavenward.<\/p>\n<p>All those present at the time of this <em>kiddush Hashem<\/em> were inspired to believe in a Creator. The miracle tore down all barriers between themselves and their G-d.<\/p>\n<p>To this day, Mr. Ben-Naim\u2019s daughter and her husband, Mr. Ben-Gigi of Paris, recount this wonderful tale. With each repetition, they become touched by the miracle done with their father before his death.<\/p>\n<p>Many attempts were made to bring his coffin from France to Morocco. It finally reached its destination late on a Friday afternoon. He was buried close to the arrival of Shabbat in the cemetery of Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p><em>Upon reflection, I saw a direct connection between the Kiddush this man said, and his time of burial. His making Kiddush had caused a great kiddush Hashem.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kiddush Hashem from Kiddush I was asked to be present at the sickbed of Mr. Moshe Ben-Naim in the hospital. He was unconscious due to a severe brain disease. Around his bed, stood family and friends. Many seemed far from a Torah lifestyle. As I entered, I heard hostile murmurings of, \u201cWhy did the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":25681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kiddush-hashem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99043","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}