The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

279 results of the tests from the hospital where Mrs. S was being treated showed that one of the babies had a severe case of Down’s syndrome. Thus it seemed necessary to perform an abortion. In all simplicity, I told him that I ¿ercely opposed that option, as in my opi- nion, everything was ¿ne and dandy, the babies being perfectly normal. If, though, the situation is as the doctors say, I was prepared to take that baby into my home and raise him. The Dr. replied, “You are taking a great risk, which could jeopardize the life of the mother as well.” I answered, “G-d will watch over her, in the merit of the Rav and all the tzaddikim.” And so the conversa- tion ended. The next day, Mrs. S. came to the hospital, not knowing what she was going to do. Did she want to do the abortion or not? Did the baby really have Down’s syndrome? What would happen to the second baby? It was so hard to decide. But deep down inside, she had faith in tzaddikim and their great me- rits, and believed that everything would be okay. The professor who had told her the ‘bad’ news without giving her any other option, one of the countries top doctors, did not expect to hear what she had to say. “I will not perform an abortion,” she said, crying. “Why?” “The Rav told me not to,” was her ans- wer. “Since when did you become so religious,” he said. “From now,” she said, trembling from the ordeal which still lay ahead. The professor told her, Answer us, G-d of Yitzchak, answer us