Welcome to the Daily Holy Story. Approximately 350 years ago, in the country of Yemen, there was a holy rabbi by the name of Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. During his time, the imam of Yemen became very, very ill. All the best medical doctors were summoned to the palace, but nobody could help. Everybody prayed, but none of the prayers in the mosques would assist the imam, and he became unconscious in the palace.
It became known to the king’s assistant that there was a Jew who was a miracle worker and could save the king quickly. The assistant summoned the Jew, Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, to come to the imam. Rabbi Shalom Shabazi came and saw that the imam was about to die. He turned to all the officers in the palace and said, “I’m willing to cure the imam on condition that the king will not hate the Jews anymore and that he will keep his promise to give Rabbi Shalom a piece of land on the corner of the city.” The king’s assistant agreed, and so did all the officers. They signed a contract for Rabbi Shalom, which the imam would also agree to if he became healthy.
Rabbi Shalom spat on the floor and called out, “Sickness, disappear.” Immediately, the king opened his eyes, and all the officers were excited. The king asked to eat and drink, and it was a tremendous miracle. The imam then went off the bed, and everybody was shocked. The officers and the assistant to the imam told him about his sickness and pointed to Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, saying that he was the one who yelled at the sickness and spat, and all of his sickness left him. So the imam agreed to the obligation that the officers had agreed to, and he became a lover of the Jews. Rabbi Shalom received the piece of land in the corner of the city of Taiz. He was buried in that piece of land. May his merit watch over all of us. Thank you for listening, and have a lovely, lovely day.