The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

222 Unheard of, the marble began to crumble after a mere thirty days Thank G-d, I now had the answer to the Rav’s displeasure. I had already been sent two signs to alert me to the reason. G-d, the “Dispenser of reason,” opened my eyes and I began to realize that the Rav was displeased with the way the tombstone had been built with the aid of non-Jews. This de- monstrated itself by the extra letter ‘vav’ being added and by the crumbling of the marble. Similarly, the words on the tombstone began Àaking and peeling away, a mere month after their inscription. The ¿nal hint came in the way of the dream, the Rav appearing angry and distraught. Immediately I understood that the Rav was displeased with the non-Jewish labor, both in the assembly of the marble slabs and the engraving of the words. I also noticed that the height of the Rav’s grave was higher than that of his righteous wife, Sarah Sedira. In addition, it was deplorable that there was no access for the women who came to the site, as they would not mingle with the men who were always standing and praying there. Do not change what is written there… After much deliberation, I turned to Harav Mordechai Eliyahu zt”l, asking if I could join the two tombs together, that of the Rav and of his wife, making