He Freed his Sister from the Gestapo Through the Power of Faith – Daily Chizzuk

“IF A PERSON WALKS WITH TRUTH, HASHEM PERFORMS MIRACLES FOR HIM”

THE DAILY CHIZZUK BY MOREINU HARAV ELIEZER BERLAND SHLIT”A – TUESDAY, 24 TAMMUZ 5784

Even a lion will flee from a person.  It is written (Yevamot 122) that if a person falls into a pit of lions, his wife is forbidden [to remarry], because it is not certain that he is dead.  If he falls into a pit of snakes, into a pit of scorpions, his wife is permitted [to remarry], because he is certainly dead.  But a lion’s lair – no.

Because lions do not attack.  Who invented that they are predators?  Shuvu Banim invented this.  A lion is not a predator.  The lion is an animal that loves people.

Like the story about Bar Kokhba.  It is written about Bar Kokhba that they put him in a cage with lions.  There was a lion which Bar Kokhba had once rescued when it was still a cub, so the lion knew Bar Kokhba.  He immediately told him to ride on it, and Bar Kokhba rode on it, and it jumped on all the Romans.  The lion trampled them.  There is a whole song about how Bar Kokhba merited to escape the cage, to escape the circus, to escape there from the stadium.

This was in the stadium.  They would throw people there, bring lions, and the lions would devour them with everyone watching and enjoying.  It’s impossible to describe the cruelty of the gentiles; there’s no such cruelty in the world.

So Bar Kokhba rode on the lion, and he succeeded in escaping from the stadium, from the cage.  It is written, “And he was in Keziv” (Bereishit 38:5).  What is Keziv?

The Ari says that this is Bar Koziba.  They called him at the beginning Bar Kokhba.  He was the son of Kokhav.  After this, they said, “Even if grass grows on your palm, then know that this is not Mashiach.  Know that this is Bar Koziba.  This isn’t Bar Kokhba.”

There was someone is Warsaw whose sister the Nazis captured and took away.  They snatched his sister from the street and put her in prison, put her in a cage, put her in a dungeon.  He told his mother, “I am going to free her.  I don’t care, this is my sister.  I am going into the Gestapo and I will free her.”

The mother said, “They will also take you.  Already my daughter is lost.  Then that’s it?  Now I’m going to lose you also?  I don’t want to lose you!”

He said, “Ema, I am going to free my sister.  You will see.  I am going, I am determined, I will free her.”

So he arrives and starts shouting at the commander, “Where is my sister?”

The commander answers, “What do you say?  We’ll also imprison you!  Someone so brazen as you!”

But the brother continues, “Bring me my sister.  Bring me my sister fast!”

They saw, “No, you won’t receive your sister, and we are also imprisoning you.”

The brother insists, “You must bring her to me.  I’m not leaving here.”

THE COMMANDER SAYS, “FINE, IF HAIR GROWS HERE ON YOUR PALM, I WILL BRING HER OUT.”  THE BROTHER TOOK OUT HIS HAND, AND THE COMMANDER SEES HAIR, BECAUSE HE HAD JUST UNDERGONE SURGERY.  HIS HAND HAD ENTERED MACHINERY, AND HIS ENTIRE HAND WAS CRUSHED.  THEY HAD RECONSTRUCTED HIS FINGERS AND GRAFTED NEW SKIN.  THEY TOOK SKIN FROM A PLACE WHERE HAIR GROWS.  SO HAIR GREW ON THE SKIN OF HIS PALM.

The commander fainted on the spot.  He said, “You are demons.  You Jews really are demons.  How did you grow hair on your palm?  Get out quickly with your sister.  Take your sister quickly.”  He ran with such speed.

SO HASHEM PERFORMS MIRACLES FOR EVERYONE IF THE PERSON WALKS WITH THE TRUTH.

NOW WE WILL GO TO UMAN.  BEZRAT HASHEM, NOW WE ALL WILL TRAVEL TO UMAN AFTER THE SHIUR.

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