"We cannot host criminals in our home. Until you change your evil ways, you are no longer welcome here”
In a small Jewish town in Morocco lived a couple that was childless. As their friends and relatives celebrated the birth of baby boys and girls, their home remained empty and quiet. Year after year, the couple traveled to the burial sites of holy Tzaddikim and poured out their hearts, begging Hashem to bless them with children.
As the couple grew older they began to lose all hope of ever holding a baby of their own . Still, they davened every day that a miracle should occur, because there is nothing beyond the grasp of Hashem. Their persistent davening succeeded in moving the very heavens and at a very late age, the couple finally had a baby! They cried with joy as the sweet sounds of a baby crying filled their home with warmth. It was a beautiful baby boy! Mazal tov!
Eight days later the entire town packed into the local shul for the momentous bris. In attendance was the crown of the Moroccan Jewry, R’ Chaim ben Moshe ibn Attar, otherwise known by his monumental commentary on Chumash, Ohr Hachaim.
R’ Chaim held the tiny baby in his arms and blessed the couple that they should only know of nachas from their new son.
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