The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

128 May the Heavens have mercy Sobi mentions the ill and the sick that came to the Rav. There were many men and women who would come to the Rav for a blessing for good health, and who would recover from their illness. However, the one’s that the Rav would say to them, “May the Heavens have mercy;” these people would perhaps linger on for some time and then unfortunately pass away. The Rav knew who would live and who wouldn’t. He had tremen- dous spiritual eyesight. I would hear him say those words and know what to expect. Those who no longer had any hope of living, he would simply say, “May the Heavens have mercy.” I heard from Mrs. Fanni (dry the following. Her mother had been in the hospital for the past two months, unconscious. The doctors gave up all hope of her returning to the land of the living. Out of desperation, the family turned to the Rav. They described all of the pain that their mother, Sima Sebag-(dry, had gone through. How dif¿cult it was to watch their mother endure such pro- longed suffering. The Rav told them that it was necessary to elevate her soul, and immediately opened up and began to read from a holy book. He meditated on the holy names contained therein and then said, “Now she will be redeemed from her drawn-out suffering, and may the Heavens have mercy.” The next day, Mrs. (dry told me that her mother had passed away. We see how much the Rav took concern for each Jew, and prayed for the situation they were in. For some, he knew that their end had come, and prayed that they ¿nd eternal rest, recti¿ed of sin and puri¿ed by their suffering in this world. Listen to his voice A friend of Sobi’s, a supermarket owner in Ramlah, asked for the Rav’s bles- sing. He wanted to sell his store and buy a wedding hall. It seemed like a pro- ¿table venture. The Rav blessed him, though, with success in the supermarket already in his possession. Unfortunately, he didn’t take the ‘hint.’Against the advice of the Rav, he sold the supermarket and bought a hall. Time passed and he saw, to his chagrin that it was a big mistake. He incurred heavy losses and never recouped. This was because he didn’t listen to the advice of the Rav.