The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

78 Rav was absorbed in his thoughts and no one was allowed entry to his room during those moments. To the Rav, everything was taken seriously and with great consideration. The Rav’s sanctity of sight was legendary. He guarded his eyes from seeing any indecent image. He told me that when he was a young man learning in the Old City of Jerusalem, he protected himself from seeing inappropriate or immodest images by walking with his eyes half closed. Rav Yehudah Moutsa¿ shlita also attests to hearing the same words from the Rav. Rav Yehudah recalls: Worldly pursuits and materialism was foreign to him. We observed this in his every act and motion. The Rav did not sleep much. I slept in his house for many years. At nine-thirty p.m., after half an hour of seeing visitors, the Rav would retire for the night. He sat on his bed, learning Talmud, and then Kabbalah. He ate a dish that was prepared for him, and continued learning. When midnight came, he sat on the Àoor saying Tikun Chatzos (mourning prayers for the exile) for half an hour. At one a.m., he told me that I could leave the room. Three minute later he was asleep, wearing an extra- large head covering, so that it would not slip off and leave his head bare while he slept. At three- thirty he awoke, and saw me getting up. He reproached me, saying, “You didn’t sleep?” This was the whole extant of his sleep, two and a half hours. During the day he didn’t sleep at all. Truly amazing! Only later, when he became exceedingly old, did he doze off a bit during the day. The Rav exceptionally guarded the sanctity of his eyesight