The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

199 The Rav with Harav Shmuel Darazi zt”l With Harav Shmuel Darazi by the cave of Jeremiah the Prophet in Tiberias 2006, at around four in the afternoon, the Rav was laid to rest. His grave is adjacent to his former disciple and long-time stu- dy partner, Harav Shmuel Darazi zt”l. Harav Darzi had passed away some month and a half before the Rav, on a Shabbat af- ternoon, on the twenty third of Kislev. May they rest in peace, and awaken with the resurrection of the dead, Amen. Their loss is as great as the destruction of the Holy Temple When one grows old, he feels that his end is near, and those around him know this to be true. Thus when he passes away, it is not called a sudden loss. But the death of tzaddik is different. He is still very much productive, even in his old age, praying for the welfare of the generation, for all of Israel. No one imagines that he will ever die. Thus the Talmud states that, “The loss of a tzaddik is as great as the destruction of the Holy Temple.” Just as the destruction of the Holy Temple caused shocking consternation, so too, the death of a tzaddik is dif¿cult to fathom and his loss is deeply felt. We never imagined that we would lose RavYitzchak Kadouri. During his lifetime, he never needed hospitalization, and merely after his second admittance to the hospital, he was suddenly taken from us. It felt to us as if the Holy Temple was burnt down. We had prayed for his recovery, thinking that we would still bene¿t from his presence and merit his blessings, conti- nue having him in our midst, but… He is no more… The angels have wrested him away from us.