In a deeply moving and joyful event that has stirred the Erlauer Chassidic community, a 60-year-old ger tzedek, Rav Yehuda Rahav, celebrated the bris of his firstborn son last week, thanks, he says, to the heartfelt bracha he received from the Erlauer Rebbe a year and a half ago.
The story began on Erev Rosh Hashanah a year and a half ago, when Rabbi Rahav and his wife visited the Rebbe of Erlau to receive a bracha. The couple, childless after decades of marriage, tearfully asked for a blessing to be granted zera shel kayama.
The Rebbe inquired about their ages. When they told him that the husband was 60 and the wife 51, the Rebbe responded by referencing Avraham Avinu, who had a son at an advanced age. “If Avraham had a child in his later years,” the Rebbe told them, “you too will merit to have a son b’shaah tovah.”
To their great joy, that brocha was fulfilled. Last week, the couple welcomed a healthy baby boy—their first child.
The bris milah took place in the home of the Erlauer Rebbe, who served as sandek. The baby was given the name Shraga Yaakov.
{Matzav.com Israel}