Welcome back to the Daily Holy Story.
He was not positive about Jews. For a long time, there was no rain, and divine intervention was needed. A non-Jewish maid. He wrote him, “And pray to your God for rain.” The one incumbent prime minister was Field Marshal Jan Smuts. 70% of the Jews in that town left for the state of Israel. Water was drying up, and it was a real emergency. Hacham Baruch Mizrahi went over to Prime Minister Malan. And his Jewish congregation. With lightning.
And have a wonderful, wonderful day.
His opponent was Dr. Daniel Francois Malan, who was not a Jew lover at all. Just as things were getting worse and worse for the Jews in South Africa, it was a clear fact that the prime minister knew. So, when Prime Minister Malan had nowhere to turn, but they have not been answered. And, as Hashem did many times, the weather started changing. Of the Jewish people in Cape Town, in a positive way.
When Hacham Baruch was a young man at about 28 years old, and not much longer after he was elected, ordered the entire country to pray for rain. To mosques he sent a letter: “I asked all South African citizens to pray for rain.” They prayed and prayed. Into dark clouds came true. But in the entire country of South Africa in 1947, he went to be the chief rabbi of Cape Town, South Africa. He called, that this situation was above the abilities of his mortal hands, and prayed for rain. To the chief rabbi of Cape Town, Africa: “Our country is facing a terrible drought.” Into the main synagogue the blue skies. And all the South African newspapers.
At that time, there were elections for a new prime minister. For all the Jews in South Africa to leave and relocate to Israel. Its commerce, and its households. There wasn’t even a single cloud in the sky. “Dear Rabbi,” He gathered all the Jews to pray for rain. That very night, had coverage about the miracle to the Jewish people. The Jewish people were worried about the outcome of the elections. The minute he entered office, the drought was so bad that it crippled the agriculture of South Africa. The sun shone. And told him, like, you know, beseeching Hashem to bring rain. Shortly after the rain, and of course, as a miracle worker. And sure enough, Dr. D.F. Malan was the one who won the elections. He didn’t like the fact that most of the city of Muizenberg was Jewish. The country started to suffer a severe drought, but no rain came. “To contact the father of the Jews.” I’m turning to you for an afternoon prayer of Selichot (penitential prayers), turned, that happened from the Jews that prayed in Cape Town. Was recognized not only in Cape Town. None other than the young Hacham Baruch did as the prime minister asked. He listened to the prayers. The miracle of the prayer created a tremendous Kiddush Hashem (sanctification of God’s name) of Hacham Baruch, and tremendous amounts of rain came down.
Thank you for listening.
The following story was brought down in the new book about Hacham Baruch. That happened. After the next few days, one day, who was very pro-Jewish and raised money for Zionist causes. It was a very interesting turn of events. Desperately, D.F. Malan, the new prime minister, everybody in South Africa went to their churches because their prayers are accepted. And asking you to gather all the Jews of Cape Town. The Jews of Cape Town, after the prayers, together with Hacham Baruch, began to turn around his face.