Hamodia published an interview with Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe, shlita, whose son-in-law, Harav Leibish Teitelbaum, Hy"d, perished in the terrorist attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai.
The Rebbe related some wondrous stories and words of tzadikim that he had related at the levayah. He mentioned a story about Harav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, zy"a, whose young child pased say. The rav considered whether to use the powers of tefillah or to combine several holy Names of Hashem to revive him. (The Rebbe added that the Berditcever possessed this capability.) Then the Rebbetzin said to him, "Are you smarter or more compassionate than Hashem? If His wisdom decreed that our son should die, then that is the true good, and we should not work against His will." Indeed, the Berditchever agreed and immediately began preparing for the levayah.
Today was the levayah of twenty-three-year old Adira Boltshauser a”h, wife of a photographer for Chareidi news organizations. Her husband stated that there are no hespedim on Rosh Chodesh but he said a few words which marks his deep faith in Hashem. He said that his wife made sure to be in shul every Shabbos Mevarchim, the Shabbos when the congregation blesses the new month that will soon be upon them. The last vort that he told his wife had to do with the new month's blessing, as she had attended the synagogue this past Shabbos Mevarchim.
He wondered why we ask for chayim arukkim (long life) every month. Isn't it enough to make that request on Rosh Hashanah?
His answer was that a long life can refer to one's tafkid (purpose) in life, namely to follow the will of G-d each and every day. He said that his wife had "chayim arukkim" because she had fulfilled her tafkid in life early.
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