In what is clearly a Neis, (miracle) a Cheder Rebbe in Lakewood was back in his classroom on Friday, just a few weeks after going into cardiac arrest.
Reb Yitzchok Reuvain ben Rochel Fraida Brandwein, a Rebbe in Lakewood Cheder, was revived by Lakewood Hatzolah after being found unresponsive at his home following a massive heart attack. He was rushed to the hospital where he underwent open-heart surgery. Bichasdei Hashem, he returned to his classroom on Friday – just a few weeks later – and was greeted by singing and dancing.
(Chaim Shapiro – YWN / With reporting by TLS)
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ברוך השם for this good news.
Baruch Hashem. Beautiful!
Great news! Not necessarily a miracle though. We only know part of the story. Let’s accept the good news and move on without making declarations.
To ANON21: your comment sounds like borderline kfirah. Unless you simply don’t know what cardiac arrest means, but if anyone walks out of cardiac arrest is clearly a “walking miracle”.
To “ygr”: It is very distressing that, when you disagree with another yid’s hashkafic understanding of what a “miracle” is, that you label it “borderline kefirah.” My understanding is in-line with that of Anon21’s: a “neis” is an event which occurs contrary to the derech ha’teva (i.e., contrary to Hashem’s normative laws of nature). So, does recovery from cardiac arrest defy the laws of nature? Hardly.
According to the American Heart Association, “Cardiac arrest is reversible in MOST victims if treated within a few minutes. It’s critical to recognize the symptoms and act quickly.” Get it? MOST victims of cardiac arrest CAN recover. Hardly the stuff of miracles.
Why any particular person is stricken with cardiac arrest is known only to the Ribbono shel Olam. But, Baruch Hashem, He has provided humanity with the antidote WITHIN the derech ha’teva , namely, the delivery of modern, rapid-response medical technology to the victims of cardiac arrest (Hatzalah organizations in our communities exist to provide this antidote).
Therefore, it is understandable that the Rebbe’s recovery would NOT be considered a “neis,” (although it was certainly Hashem’s chesed that the timely medical intervention succeeded) and ascribing it to miracle-working is more a reflection of the frum community’s predilection for hyperbole than it is of reality. (Shua Cohen)
Well said lenco49. It is possible considering the entire circumstance of the incident that it was in fact a neis. But the article doesn’t give any other broader details of the situation. Rather it calls it a neis just the mere fact that he recovered which is where I attempted to say maybe not.