The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

259 Even before they cried out I answered them Seven years passed. It was now 1991. The ominous shadow of intercontinental ballistic missiles threatened the State of Israel. The sworn enemy of the Jews, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, began the Gulf War. Thirty nine gigantic missiles, each the size of an entire building, fell on Israel, in the densely-populated Tel Aviv area. There is no home in Israel, from the north to the south, which is not prepa- red for the worst. The only defense available against chemical warfare is to enter sealed rooms and don gas masks. The streets become empty as night falls, stores quickly close their doors. The sound of sirens ¿lls the air, and missile after missile land, exploding and causing tremendous loss of property. Huge buil- dings were destroyed, without causing any loss of life. Seven years earlier, the ‘Babi Sali’ had mentioned a terrible decree that threatened the lives of millions of Jews, and its being averted. His passing was truly an atonement for all of Israel. And his soul was bound up with his Even before they cried out, I answered them