‘Israel is not widowed’ – 'לא אלמון ישראל'
"Who is Rabbi Shaya that everyone is talking about?!" my widowed aunt asked me. "Why are you interested?!" I asked, and she replied that since her husband passed away, she has been in a difficult state of health and finances and needs great salvation, adding that she has recently heard many stories of salvation thanks to this tzaddik and she also wants salvation.
I told her to light a candle in the merit of the tzaddik and pray to Hashem for imminent salvation in the merit of the tzaddik, she did and even added a little to tzedakah. Not long after, she called me again with exciting news. She called an insurance agency to find out something about insurance and in the meantime, they told her she should check eligibility for long-term care insurance. About a week later, my aunt received a phone call from a doctor who made home visits, and he wants to make a home visit on behalf of the insurance company to see if she is eligible for the insurance benefit, and if so, to assess how much she is entitled to.
The doctor came and checked and determined that although she was not yet entitled to the full amount, he saw that the situation would soon deteriorate, so he prescribed a recommendation for her to entitle the full amount in monthly installments. This was a great surprise, since it is known that the doctors who come on behalf of the insurance company usually try to say that one is not eligible, and to reduce the amount as much as possible, and here he decided to approve the full amount. This is a respectable sum that miraculously worked out for my aunt financially.
But when my aunt called to tell me, I drew her attention to that the day the doctor came, something much more miraculous for a home visit and approved the allowance was exactly the day of the yahrzeit Rabbi Yeshaya ben Rabbi Moshe of tzaddikof the Kerestir!!
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