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0:00 In the merit of the Rishpei Esh of Neshchiz. Today is his yahrzeit? No, I'll tell you something. There was once the Rishpei Esh of Neshchiz, Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz. They called him the Elder of Neshchiz. He was very, very holy and great. Some say that he came to the funeral of our holy Rebbe, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, some say that he was there, they say that he came from Heaven. Since there was a very great bond between them. I don't know if it fits exactly, because on the one hand he was alive - well, I don't know...
0:26 They say that they saw him there. Rabbi Nachman once even came to visit him, traveled to honor him. Rabbi Nachman did not travel to many tzaddikim, but to him he traveled a lot. Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz, the Rishpei Esh. He was a genius, holy, something very great. And once a man dangerously ill with his lungs came to him. He came from Berlin it is a town there. And Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz told him - soon it is Chanukah. And he was ill with his lungs, his lungs were finished.
0:57 Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz told him Go to the Chanukah lights, to the Chanukah candles, and breathe in all the smoke of the menorah. One does not do this - this is a story, not for practice, yes? This is not halachah for practice; it is only just to tell us about faith in the Sages. He stood by the menorah, and he simply breathed in the air. And then the doctor said that if he does this, he will die.
1:25 He said: if he does this, he dies. He has no chance to live. He really did it, and he became weak and lay in bed, and after a few hours he got up and became healthy. When he went for a check-up with the doctor, the doctor said: these are not the same lungs, this is not the same person. As if, as if new lungs were created for him. So I heard this story, and someone with lung illness came to me here two years ago, no, three years, when there was corona, and then he came to me here. In the month of Adar he came, it was toward Purim. I told him, come, listen, hear the story.
1:57 I told him the story, I told him: let's do something like this, a trick. Learn the laws of Chanukah instead... I didn't want to tell him to breathe smoke. I can't say such a thing. I told him: learn the laws of Chanukah. So he looked at me, and said to me: what does learning the laws of Chanukah have to do with now? Soon it's Purim. learn the laws of Chanukah, they learned the laws of Chanukah for this Jew, and he was on ECMO, and he got up on Erev Chanukah... Ah, only two percent come off ECMO. He was on ECMO for a few months; he was sedated... And on Erev Chanukah he woke up.
2:33 It was Hashgachah pratis. I said: this is the merit of Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz.
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