Evyatar Zytuni, 26, a paratroops commander, was critically wounded in the battle against the Hamas animals at Kibbutz Kissfuim, next to the Gaza border, on Simchas Torah.
Zytuni was evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, where he was sedated and ventilated and has been unconscious ever since.
Last week, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Dovid Grossman of Migdal HaEmek visited the wounded at the hospital. During his visit, he stood by Evyatar’s bed, recited Tehillim and spoke words of chizzuk to his parents. He then took a special ancient coin from his pocket and briefly put it on Evyatar’s head as a segulah. Rav Grossman had received the coin from his Rebbe, the Lelover Rebbe, z’tl, about 50 years ago.
A few hour later, Evyatar woke up and told his parents: “Rav Grossman was here, he put an ancient coin on me – I felt a boom and I was pulled back to life.” Evyatar later said that he felt he regained consciousness from the power of HaRav Grossman’s tefillah and love.
Evyatar’s mother Natalie said: “HaRav Grossman stood next to Evyatar, davened and cried out to Shamayim. Then the Rav took out a coin from his wallet, placed it on Evyatar’s head, continued with his powerful tefillos, put the coin back and continued davening – all this while Evayar was unconscious. But after he woke up, he said that he felt a ‘thud,’ a ‘boom.’ We’ve been in shock ever since.”
After Evyatar regained conciousness, his parents called Rav Grossman to thank him. Evyatar told HaRav Grossman that due to the chizzuk in his emunah, he began putting on tefillin.
Natalie and her husband Yaron have barely been able to sleep since the war began. Apart from Evyatar’s serious injuries, they have two more sons serving as officers of combat brigades in the south and their oldest daughter is also an officer in the reserves.
Natalie has asked that Klal Yisrael daven for Evyatar’s refuah sheleimah as he is still in danger of having his leg amputated. Please daven for a refuah sheleimah for Evyatar ben Natalie b’toch shaar cholei Yisrael.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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8 Responses
Why couldn’t he do it for my mother, when she was sick?
Another source explains that the coin is one which R’ Grossman received from the Lelover Rebbe a”h (possibly through inheritence? I can’t remember what the article explained).
We do believe in nissim, and the fact that some people have been healed through brochus of tzadikim is an accepted occurrence among Yidden, even if not every single Yid who was ever sick or injured and whom came in contact with a tzaddik was not miraculously healed.
Just like Elisha Hanavi could do tchiyas hameisim on the boy, yet would probably not be able to do so for every single Jew who had passed away, so too miracles that heal the sick are special occurrences according to a special circumstance. Tzaddikim have a greater awareness of matters of Shamayim and they use their discretion to be able to draw down brochos for certain people at certain times…
@Bklyntrucker I tonk you need to go ask him yourself instead of asking in a post that he isn’t going to read.
WOW! what a miracle. Rav Grossman is super special.
Coin-on-the-head is the new Republican health care plan.
@Huju,
Hey it worked for Biden
Why didn’t he place the magical coin on the fence between Israel and Gaza & many more could’ve been saved?
Rabbi Grossman is really a special unique man with unbelievable zechusim
The book about his so-far accomplishments is a must read for every Jew who thinks he can’t make a difference
Rabbi Grossman has easily saved tens of thousands of Jewish souls
Perhaps he saw a special potential in this young man