To
Behold The King In His Glory
“By
visualizing the Rebbe’s face, one in a sense beholds him. In a certain
way this is superior to studying his teachings, just as seeing is
superior to hearing.” (Proceeding Together, Volume 1, p.
81.)
We
have some dear friends who are not Lubavitchers. Some years ago they
were anxious to have another child. The parents, already over forty, had
five children, but they had wanted another child for some time, and
finally decided to ask the Rebbe for a blessing. The entire family
traveled to Crown Heights and went in line for dollars. Afterwards, the
two parents and five children counted their dollars. The father had
received two dollars, and one of the sons had received two dollars, for
a total of nine. They wondered what this meant, and asked their
next-door neighbor, a Lubavitcher. “Oh, that’s wonderful,” said
the neighbor. “One dollar for each member of the family, and two
extras. You’ll surely have another child, and the ninth dollar might
be for parnasa.”
Sure
enough, the mother conceived, and gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
Soon after that, this family made aliya (in fact, at the same
time we did, which was in 1993), and began their new lives. In 1997, an
amazing thing happened — a beautiful and healthy baby boy was born to
them! The mother realized that the Rebbe had actually blessed her for two
more children, which would explain the two extra dollars.
This
family recently came to us for a visit. After the meal, while the
parents were chatting and the kids were running all over the house, I
noticed something. One of our friends’ sons was staring and staring at
one of our photographs of the Rebbe. He stared at the photograph for
quite some time. I forgot about it, but a few days later, as I was
passing by the photograph, I decided to look at it and see if I could
see what that boy had seen.
So
I looked at the photograph carefully, for a minute or so, and suddenly
the photograph came alive! I could feel the Rebbe’s presence. It was
an unbelievable experience for me, because I’m not the spiritual or
mystical type. I told my friend, the boy’s mother, about this. She was
amazed. She said, “You know, that’s the boy that received the two
dollars from the Rebbe...”
Sarah
Granovetter, Yerushalayim
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