“Nissim ketanim yihiyu poh— “There will be small miracles here”
Last year on Rosh Chodesh Adar II, the entire Torah world celebrated the birth of a healthy baby boy born to Rav Tzvi and Rebbetzin Rochel Kushelevsky. The baby was the 88-year-old Rosh Yeshivah’s first child, born after decades of unceasing tefillah and hope.
In an interview with Mishpacha after the baby’s birth, the Rosh Yeshivah gratefully tied in the baby’s birth with a Purim theme. “Hashem’s ‘miracle bank’ is infinite,” Rav Tzvi declared. “There is no yiush, no despair in the world at all! We say on Purim, ‘L’hodia shekol kovecha lo yeivoshu v’lo yikalmu lanetzach kol hachosim Bach — to make known that all who place hope in You shall not be put to shame, nor shall all those who put their trust in you be disgraced….’ ”
For a full year, the Rav and Rebbetzin have been sharing with Klal Yisrael the open neis that they experienced, spreading the message of Hashem’s infinite goodness around the globe. Through speeches, interviews, and a book titled Miracle Baby: 88 Years Old… He Never Lost Hope — Rav Zvi Kushelevsky’s Story of Tefillah, Emunah, and Miracles authored by the Rav’s close talmid, Rabbi Yehoshua Frankenhuis, the Kushelevskys cataloged and celebrated their story of faith.
The family celebrated Eliyahu’s first birthday on Rosh Chodesh Adar, and after a full year of pirsumei nisa, the Rebbetzin put in a custom order for a costume for their little boy: A pint-sized dreidel, embroidered with the words “Neis Gadol Hayah Poh.”
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