(Bless my soul)
One of the foundations of the Jew's faith is to believe in complete faith, that "whoever does good, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent," and even if sometimes we do not see the good in it, and even if it seems to us that the situation is the opposite of goodness, if we are entitled – it will become clear to us right here in this world that indeed everything is for the good. The more a person proves his faith in this matter, the better he will be from Heaven. And they showed him that everything was for the best.
An incident that took place, according to Rabbi Mara Datra, in one of the followers of Rabbi Chaim of Sanz zt"l, who did not merit to have children came to his rabbi on Rosh Hashanah and begged him to bless him with children. The Rebbe blessed him that he would have a male son. This Chassid, who was a great man of faith, was very happy with the Rebbe's words, and the first thing he did after the blessing was to turn to the Russian Ministry of the Interior and announce that... He had a son. When the clerks asked him what the name was given to the newborn, he answered: Yitzchak. The Chassid was so sure of the Rebbe's blessing that it was as if it had already happened, and as if he was really embracing his son.
This reminds us of what is told about Maran HaRav of Brisk, zt"l, who, when he came to the verse that was said in Chana, "And her face was no longer hers," he was very moved and burst into tears. When was this verse said? – after Eli Hacohen promised Chana that next year she would embrace a son. And behold, she went through much suffering for nineteen years, until she heard the promise come out of Eli's mouth, and as soon as she heard this, the prophet testified that the sadness was no longer evident on her face. And why? Had she already seen the son with her own eyes? No. But when Eli the priest promised her, Hannah believed it with all her heart until she felt as if the son was already in her lap. Chana reached such a level of faith, and the same thing happened with the Chassid we mentioned above.
A year later, the Rebbe's blessing was indeed fulfilled. The Chassid's wife was pregnant and gave birth. However, the blessing was not fulfilled in its entirety. In place of the son promised by the Rebbe, a daughter was born. The Chassid's faith was not impaired in any way, and his joy was also complete, even though the blessing was not fulfilled as the Rebbe had promised. Another year passed, and the Chassid's wife was pregnant again, but again she gave birth to a daughter. This time, too, the Chassid believed in his teacher, and knew that if he was blessed with a son, and yet he had two daughters, it was all for the best.
And so it was over the next three years, that the Chassid had three more daughters, for a total of five daughters. Only in the sixth year did the woman give birth to a son, and his father named him Yitzchak. The child grew up to the glory of his parents and rabbis, and all he wanted was the Torah and the fear of God. When the boy reached the age of 12, two soldiers from the Russian army's recruitment office came to the Chassid's home and asked who the boy named Yitzchak was, since it was time for him to serve in the army. This, of course, was because of the "early registration" that the Chassid made after the Rebbe's promise, and announced that a son had already been born, and that his name had also been given to him – Yitzchak, and now he had already reached the age of 18...
The family and neighbors pointed to the fluffy, short, and thin boy, who had barely reached the age of 12. The policemen were surprised by the sight, because according to the records in their hands, Yitzhak was 18 years old, and he looked so short and thin that they were sure that he was not fit to serve in the Russian army. Still, they took him with them to the recruitment office, to show him to their commanders. The commanders, seeing the boy, also ruled that he was unfit for military service, and gave him a full deed of discharge from the army, and because of this, the boy Yitzchak sat and studied without any interruption, until he grew into one of the greatest leaders of the generation.
Here we have no better proof than the fulfillment of the faith, with which we began the present passage. To be filled with joy and hope, the Jew does not have to see the promises made to him fully realized; From the moment the Rebbe promised him a male son, the face of the pious Jew was no longer his, and he clung to the confidence and faith that everything would come to pass, and even if he apparently saw that this was not the case, his faith was not impaired in any way.
It is worth mentioning here the words of the Chafetz Chaim, who said that at the end of the words "Bereishit created God," the word "emet" was alluded to. The Chafetz Chaim asked, "Why was the Torah necessary to allude to this "truth" at the end of the letters, from the end to the beginning, and not at the initials? The explanation is that this is indeed the case. God's truth is not always seen immediately and directly, and sometimes things even appear to be the complete opposite. Only a Jew who has complete faith in his Creator and in His servants – the greatest of the generations – will understand that to enter into the full realization of things, one must wait patiently for God's salvation to come in the blink of an eye.
