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0:13 Your wife — where is she now? - In intensive care. - In intensive care. And how long has she been there already? How long has she been there? - Since Friday. She had a Caesarean section, everything looked normal, for a few days, and then after a few days, five days after she left the hospital, she began having severe headaches.
0:48 And by Divine Providence we got to the emergency room, and they discovered it at the very last minute. Three weeks ago my wife gave birth, mazal tov, to twin girls. We were in the hospital; she gave birth by Caesarean section, so we were in the hospital for a few days. We came out after five days. Suddenly she began having headaches, really severe pain, and we didn't know what it was. We went to the doctor; they didn't really know, they said it was fine.
1:18 A few days passed, five days passed, we got — by Divine Providence we got to Hadassah Ein Kerem. They did some tests, and it turned out that she had a bleed in the brain. Suddenly the situation got worse like that — when we were already there, it got worse. Her whole left side was paralyzed. Very bad. The situation was very, very, very serious.
1:43 They were deciding whether to operate or not to operate. In the end, the next day, after a few hours then, when the situation got even worse and the bleeding grew, they decided to operate — a very delicate operation, very dangerous, which also means removing part of the skull, putting a drain inside the brain — an operation of several hours.
2:07 Close to six hours, until Shabbos came in, including — It went through safely. Now, to come back to the Rav, the Yanuka, Rav Shlomo Yehuda. My father-in-law — for quite a long time already, a few months — my father-in-law, has been saying to me: Refael, how can we get to him? He is a special man, a holy man, a righteous man.
2:31 I so much want to hear shiurim from him, to come close to him — and I don't know. I tell him: I don't know where he lives, what phone number, I have no idea, I have no idea. Now, when what happened happened, this hard case with my wife, with my father-in-law's daughter, I don't know how — my father-in-law got to the Rav.
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2:56 He has some contact person who arranged for us to get in to the Rav. And we came on Tuesday, on the Rav's day for visits, a week ago we came here, and the situation was serious; the situation was hard, my wife was in danger. It was already after — four days after this hard operation — and she was — she was still sedated and on a ventilator.
3:26 We came to the Rav; I had written everything down in writing. The Rav read what I wrote, and we felt the Rav's emotion. He felt it as if he were a family member. He stopped for a moment, he stopped. Unbelievable — so many troubles. Unbelievable, so many troubles.
4:20 And he said to us — first of all he gave us all kinds of segulos and things to read, and to make an order of prayer. And he said to us: "You will come back to bring me good news." The truth is, it's a kind of decree that the Rav decreed. He asked me to come back and bring good news.
4:44 I was sure that we would come back, that a day would come, and with Hashem's help — The truth is, after a few days — which means already on Sunday, two days ago — my wife opened her eyes, and it's a miracle. It's a miracle, she opened her eyes. - May the Holy One, blessed be He, send her a complete recovery from Heaven, may He do miracles and wonders with you. - Amen.
5:08 And slowly, slowly she also began to be in contact with us, to communicate with us, and yesterday she also began to talk with us. I'm sure that the rehabilitation is going to be fast, with Hashem's help, and in the merit of the blessing that we received again today from the Rav. But that's it — she's here, she's with us, she's with us. She communicates, she talks with us.
5:36 And all one can say is "A Psalm of Thanksgiving": "A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Hashem, all the earth. Serve Hashem with joy, come before Him with song. Know that Hashem is G-d; He made us, and we are His, His people and the flock of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanks, His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. For Hashem is good, His kindness is forever, and His faithfulness is for every generation." "Give thanks to Hashem, for He is good, for His kindness is forever." It's great to live through a miracle like this — like living life anew.
6:01 It's something beautiful, it's to see — to see the Holy One, blessed be He, with your eyes. And it's beautiful. We would be very happy and honored if the Rav could be at the thanksgiving meal. I don't know if it's something that's possible, but wow!
6:26 But wow.
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