The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

123 her arrival.” The woman entered, and before she even opened her mouth, the Rav spoke. “Your children have tremendous anguish, as no one is saying kaddish for them. They have no rest in the Upper World.” The Rav then asked her to pay for three people to recite the kaddish on behalf of her children, for the elevation of their souls and to ¿nd eternal rest. She, too, would be content knowing that they were at peace. She did as the Rav said, and a month later, returned to the Rav. She told the Rav that she saw her children again in a dream, this time looking content, dancing with Harav Kadouri. From then on, she had no more frightening dreams. Fulfilling the mitzvoth of the Land Harav Yaron Kandle shlita, a former student of the Rav, tells us of the time the Rav went to the countryside. The kibbutz of Gezer had bought a large ¿eld, for the expressed purpose of ful¿lling the mitzvoth of the /and, such as leaving a corner of the ¿eld for the poor, etc. “We joyfully traveled up north, and ful¿lled these infrequent occurring commandments. After we ¿nished harvesting, we stored about two hundred sacks of wheat in a wooden shack on one side of the ¿eld. I pointed out to the Rav that rats could easily dig their way in and gnaw at the wheat, destroying all of our hard work. The Rav said, in his pleasant voice, ‘Don’t worry, Hashem protects.’ A month before the festival of Passover, we returned for our sacks of wheat. We quickly made our way to the shack, with Harav Yachezkal Yair shlita, leading the way. He ente- red the shack and began to remove the plastic covering, and uncovered a huge, menacing viper. The snake reared its head. It was a frightful sight. It turned towards the Rav, who peered directly in its eyes, and then it immediately slithered away and was gone.” It is well known that animals, even wild and dangerous ones, can sense the holiness of a tzaddik standing before them. They make a hasty re- treat from his presence, as the spirit of G-d rests upon them. Resting after strenuous effort…