Tefillos at his Kever
The Bas Ayin never had children; therefore, people consider his kever a place mesugal to bear children.
A couple was childless for many years, and after many medical tests, the doctors told them that they couldn’t bear a child. The husband davened at the Bas Ayin’s kever on the Bas Ayin’s yahrtzeit. A year later, on the yahrtzeit, ט"תשע כסלו ב"י, they had a son.
A yungerman was walking around the streets of Meah Shearim (where there are many second-hand stores) to see if he could find a store that sells used washing machines.
As he went from store to store, he met up with Reb Motel Rothman Shlita. The yungerman expressed his financial hardships to Reb Motel, and the latest one that his washing machine broke, and he couldn't afford to buy a new machine.
Reb Motel tried to convince him not to buy a second-hand machine because you never know what problems will suddenly come up. But the yungerman insisted that he couldn’t afford a new machine. His only option was to buy a used machine.
Reb Mottel Rothman told him, “Today is the Bas Ayin’s yahrtzeit. Many miracles happen through the tefillos said at his grave. Let’s go there, and b’ezras Hashem you will have a yeshuah.”
Throughout the trip, this yungerman had one thought: washing machines. He was considering whether he should buy a new machine or a used one, and if he buys a new machine, he contemplated where he could get the money and which size and brand to buy.
Finally, they arrived at the tzion, and each person prayed and expressed their personal needs, aspirations, and desires. They davened that Hashem grant them salvations in the merit of the holy tzaddik, the Bas Ayin.
Then they went to Meron and davened at Reb Shimon bar Yochai’s kever. It was then time for the celebration. They went to the supermarket in Meron to buy food for the yahrtzeit seudah, which they planned to make in Meron.
As they left the supermarket, the yungerman’s cell phone rang. A while back, he had given tzedakah for a Chinese auction. They called to tell him he had just won a new washing machine!
Reb Motel Rothman says he also had a yeshuah on that day – a far greater one. Because he davened for more important matters than a washing machine. When the gates of heaven are open, and we can ask for whatever we want, we should be wise and ask for great things. We can also ask for the small things, but we shouldn't limit ourselves. There's no limit to how much Hashem can give us. In the Bas Ayin's merit, may all of Klal Yisrael merit all types of salvations, b'gashmiyos and b'ruchniyos, with the coming of Moshiach, speedily in our days.
