LATEST UPDATE… (#3)Erev Shabbos Kodesh, Parshas Vayikra/ZachorMarch 14, '08
Shalom U'vracha to all the chashuv mispallelim on behalf of Tzaddikel: Hoping this letter finds you all well. Once again, our hakaras ha'tov to all of you is limitless, as we hear continuously of all the heartfelt tefillos and remarkable zechuyos that are taking place in the zechus of Tinok ben Aviva's refuah shi'leima. A tremendous yasher koach for your wonderful efforts, and may HaKB"H send you only simcha, bracha, and hatzlacha in all inyanim.
Without further delay, allow me to just tell you that, B"H, your tefillos are doing incredible things. Mamash incredible things. Chasdei Hashem Yisbarach... We should never underestimate the power of sincere tefilla and the power of Klal Yisroel joining together… Tzaddikel's health is gradually improving and recent tests showed great results. I simply can't go into the medical details here, but I do hope to share some of the nissim and nifla'os that we have been witnessing at a later date—perhaps at his bris, IY"H, which we hope will take place sometime in the near future. (I guess you'll all just have to attend somehow…) The three main doctors involved in our case, are, well, just to borrow their own terminology, "completely bewildered." They are now 'officially' calling tzaddikel's case a "medical mystery"—let me just add that tzaddikel is no longer taking any medication for a metabolic condition…bliay"h—and they have nothing really to say except that they realize fully that G-d is 100% running the show… To quote the neurologist involved, "I don't know what they're doing, but tell all your friends to keep doing whatever they're doing, because it's working…and I'm completely astounded by what I'm now seeing…" A therapist who works with him has told us that she would not be surprised if he became religious because of Tinok ben Aviva… And yet there are still essential functions that must be exhibited before we can even think about bringing tzaddikel home. He needs to learn, for example, to suck (and gag) and swallow… His lack of swallow also causes issues with his breathing (and de-saturations), and we must therefore humbly ask of you to continue all your special tefillos just as strong as before. An excellent therapist is involved who will also try to work on improving his overall muscle tone, and with rachamei Shamayim hopefully continuing, we will bi'ezras Hashem see only good results. Klal Yisroel is truly unbelievable. We can indeed accomplish great things together, so let's keep doing our utmost to help bring a refuah shi'leima to Tinok ben Aviva and to ALL OF CHOLEI YISROEL bi'karov. Let's push ourselves to keep maximizing our enormous spiritual potential- especially as Purim and the z'man ha'geula approaches- and let's help bring endless yeshuos and nechamos to all of the Jewish People. May HaKB"H shower us all with continued rachamim and may we be zocheh to share only besoros tovos always. Best wishes for a meaningful, relaxing, and enjoyable Shabbos Kodesh up ahead.With immense gratitude to you all,
Eytan Feiner