Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein, Shlit”a, gives Shiurim to Jewish doctors, and he related that at the end of one of these Shiurim, a doctor approached him and shared that he had gotten married fifteen years earlier, and he was told that medically, it was impossible for him to father a child.
He said that when he and his wife were told that this would be their lot, they adopted a child. A year prior, this adopted child entered the first grade, and he received his first Siddur. This boy was overcome with excitement! When questioned why, he explained, “Now that I have a Siddur, I will daven that Hashem should finally give me a brother. I will not stop begging Hashem for a brother!”
Pained, the doctor was filled with pity for the young child, thinking that his request will never be filled. About nine months passed, and the doctor had just merited to bring his own newborn child to have a Bris! After fifteen long years of waiting, the doctor and his wife gave birth to a healthy child. The innocent adopted child did not know the verdict of all the doctors. He simply davened to Hashem from the depths of his heart, and his tefilos accomplished supernatural results!
Reprinted from the Parshas Vayishlach 5785 email of Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg’s Torah U’Tefilah.
