Yes, there was genuine simcha with the birth of Maor and Smadar Guatta�s third child on Monday, 3 Cheshvan, but that blessed event was marred by the petira of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT�L. The announcement of the petira of the gadol hador, came a minute before the birth in Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot.

The rav visited the family�s Jerusalem winery in the past and they established and maintain the rav�s internet site.

�We believe that the birth of this son in such proximity to the rav�s petira is a symbolic event� Maor explained. He explains the newborn�s 3-year-old brother, Noam Mordechai, was born after the petira of HaGaon HaRav Mordechai Eliyahu ZT�L. Maor davens �If only the newborn will have his seichel and go in the rav�s derech,� adding, �Maran�s son, Rishon L�Tzion Rav Yitzchak Yosef married us.�

The family announced it is committed to now upload many more of the gadol hador�s shiurim to make his Torah available around the world.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)