The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

137 Until the BRIT Chaia bat Sarah has a different story to tell. She came to the house of the Rav on behalf of her child who was sick at home, asking the Rav for a blessing. The Rav blessed her that he should recover, and then wished her goodbye, saying, “Until the brit .” She left the Rav, in denial. True, she was pregnant. But the ultrasound showed a girl, not a boy! What does that old man know, she told herself. Yet wonder of wonders! She had a baby boy, and the Rav of¿ciated as the Sandek . Seeing from afar Harav Moshe Cohen told me of the time he was invited by a taxi driver to be the Mohel at his twin grandson’s brit , with the Rav acting as Sandek . Rav Cohen asked him, “How did you merit having Harav Kadouri as the Sandek ? What is your connection to the Rav?” The driver answered, it began with my sister. (ight years ago, my sister was pregnant with her ¿rst, and unfortunately suffered a miscarriage. For many years she was unable to become pregnant again. We turned to the Rav for advice. The Rav asked my sister, where did the miscarriage take place? She said, “In the backyard, while I was hanging up laundry.” The Rav inquired further, “Did a snake slither by at that time?” She said yes. Whereupon the Rav came to her house and ate a small meal in the yard, burying the remains of the meal on the spot. Nine months later, she gave birth to a healthy boy, who now learns Torah. This is our connection to the Rav, said the driver, the one who sees from afar.