The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

83 The Rav wished them all a full recovery, and they saw his arrival almost as if an angel had fallen from Heaven. The Rav reached the room of the sick girl, and asked to be left alone, in order to concentrate on his prayers and plead for Divine compassion, piercing the Heavens on behalf of the child who lay sen- seless before him. Afterwards, the Rav called the family to come to the girl’s bedside, and blessed them. Full of emotion, the Rav left the hospital, making a short stopover by his host’s home before heading back to France. That same evening, all the patients who gazed on the Rav’s radiant face as he walked down the corridors of the hospital, were sent home, healed. Two days passed. The little girl opened her eyes and peered around. Still unable to talk, not fully cognizant, but a glimmer of hope now shone. She was out of her coma. Her family was beside themselves with joy. The ¿gure of the Rav was still fresh in their minds, and they thanked the One Above who ‘awakens those that slumber and revives the dead.’ They felt the truth of the saying, “A tzaddik decrees and G-d ful¿lls.” (veryone continued to pray. Ten days later, with the kindness of G-d, and in the merit of the prayers of the Rav, the child regained full use of her senses and was able to stand on her feet. It was as if nothing had ever happened. As we say in our daily prayers, G-d is the “King who causes death and restores life.” This story became a sensation. It was written about in length in the Argenti- nean media, and created a tremendous Kiddush Hashem (sancti¿cation of the Divine Name) . Many non-Jews heard about it, “And all the nations saw that the Divine name is associated with yours.” For the sake of Jews everywhere, ready to ascend the skies in a helicopter