The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

26 are largely dependant on one’s focus and mental attachment to G-d, without interruption. A similar thought is written by the Nefesh Hachaim, where he describes the level of the Patriarchs and the miracles wrought by them in the merit of their closeness to G-d. This whole topic requires an immense amount of discussion and thought. It is LPSRVVLEOH LQ WKH FRQ¿QHV RI WKLV VKRUW LQWURGXFWLRQ WR H[SODLQ LW DW OHQJWK 2QH who learns this subject thoroughly and tries to live by all of its principles, will soon see his spiritual powers increase and gain in strength. Lesson Five Anyone who knew Harav Yitzchak Kadouri knows that he lived and acted according to these principles of conduct. He was extraordinary in this regard, totally absorbed in serving G-d and removed from all worldly endeavors. It is hard to go into detail, but sometimes event those close to him were amazed at his complete disinterest in what was going on in the world at large. He was wrapped up in his thoughts and in experiencing closeness to G-d and learning His Torah, completely detached from the world. This was true his entire life and evident in all his stages of development. Early on, he concealed a great deal of his spiritual accomplishments from the public eye. Later on, as people came to recognize his greatness – when he became the head of a Kabbalistic yeshiva, and even after he became famous world-wide – he always detached himself from worldly matters. His mind focused completely on learning Torah and serving G-d. Part of this was acquired through the attribute of silence. He excelled in this trait, and even when he ran a yeshiva and had to deliver classes, someone HOVH ZRXOG UHDG WKH WH[W ,W ZDV RQO\ LI WKHUH ZHUH GLI¿FXOW SDVVDJHV ZRXOG KH succinctly answer the students’ questions. To get him to explain a topic at length would always require extended persuasion. He learned this attribute when he was young, as a teenager. (As a general rule, when learning or teaching Torah, the opposite attribute is desirable. For mundane and worldly matters, though, silence is always the wisest course of action, as the Talmud in Sanhedrin (99b) advises us to do.) Lesson Six Another precondition to acquiring these spiritual powers is to remove all anger. Harav Chaim Vital, in his work Shaar Ruach Hakodesh, writes dreadful things concerning the weighty aspects of anger. One who is accustomed to getting angry will almost never attain this goal. In order to have these supernatural powers, one