A Father’s Prayer for His Newborn Daughter—and for Himself
Jonothan Sabin, a writer at Tablet, a non-Orthodox Jewish magazine, recently published an article about the personal journey he experienced after obtaining a pair of Tefilin from a Chabad rabbi to pray for his young daughter as she underwent heart surgery:
The first attempt to widen our newborn daughter Yael’s too-narrow aorta didn’t take. Something about scar tissue and the elasticity of the arterial walls. The surgeon, who was highly pedigreed and possibly German, assured us with a nonchalance bordering on arrogance that a second operation should work.
On the morning before the surgery, my wife asked me to pray, despite the fact that I don’t actually believe in God. My wife, however, is Israeli; she was not easily deterred. “Put on some tefillin,” she said, “and pray for your daughter.”
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A must read!
Please read the full article! So beautiful!
i have no words
this guy is a great writer!!! Boruch Hashem he can now look back at the whole episode so positive and even with humor. i am in full admiration at his wit!! may he andhis wife have loads of nachas gezunterheit!!
Beautiful
May they grow from strength to strength.
Brought tears to my eyes
As someone who went through something very similar