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Mesamche Lev segulah brings about child’s miraculous recovery Mrs. Breindy Katina of Kiryas Joel, New York, regaled the students of Bnos Zion seminary with the story of her daughter’s miraculous recovery. The little girl, who has Down syndrome, had open heart surgery on June 10, to repair a defect. As usual during such an operation, she was put on a respirator. The surgery was successful, and about an hour after the patient was wheeled into the recovery room, the doctor, following standard procedure, tried an extubation; a procedure to take her off the respirator. But something went terribly wrong. The little girl couldn’t start breathing on her own. As soon as the respirator was removed, her oxygen levels began to drop. The doctor had no choice but to put her back on the respirator. Over the course of the day, and throughout the following week, doctors kept trying to extubate her; to no avail. There appeared to be no solution. The child seemed to have lost her ability to breathe. Stymied, the doctors prepared the parents for the worst. On June 18, over a week since the surgery, a friend called Mrs. Katina. “There’s a segulah to weigh a sick patient, and donate as much meat as the patient weighs to poor talmidei chachomim,” she said. Mrs. Katina grasped at the opportunity, and asked for more information. “It’s from a big mekubal, Rabbi Chaim Palagi, zatzal. Mesamche Lev takes care of the whole thing,” said her friend. “You multiply the patient’s weight by $7.70, which is the cost of a pound of meat, and send it to Mesamche Lev. They use the money to buy meat for talmidei chachomim for Shabbos or Yom Tov. The talmidei chachomim pray for the patient, and it’s a tremendous zechus for a refuah.” Mrs. Katina was already familiar with Mesamche Lev, and needed no convincing. She called the organization, told them that her daughter weighed twenty one pounds, and donated $161.70 for twenty one pounds of meat. She made the call at 10:15 in the morning. Minutes later, the doctor decided to try again. This time, the procedure went perfectly. The child began to breathe on her own, with no complications. By 11:00 am, she was transferred from the Intensive Care Unit to a regular room. She was discharged from the hospital the very next day. “It was a miracle,” says Mrs. Katina. “There is no other way to explain it. The doctors didn’t know what to do with her, and in minutes, the problem was resolved. She got better so quickly.” She is quick to add that she has been a loyal donor to Mesamche Lev for years, and mentioned several of their many programs helping widows, orphans, and the poor. Mesamche Lev is a renowned charity organization that has been helping the poor in Eretz Yisroel since 1971. One of the many ways they help the poor is by distributing meat and poultry. The recipient families are so poor; many consider a sliver of Shabbos chicken the ultimate luxury. When a patient donates funds for the Yeshuas Hachaim segulah to Mesamche Lev, the organization purchases meat, and distributes it to talmidei chachomim in honor of the next Shabbos or Yom Tov. The segulah is very powerful, and many have seen remarkable yeshuos, not only for the sick, but also for every sort of salvation. |
