Breslov Rov’s Miraculous Vision

By COLlive reporter

Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Schik, a prominent leader in the Breslov movement known for spreading its teachings, had an odd request while spending Pesach with his followers in Monsey, NY.

On Motzoei Shabbos chol hamoed, he asked to be taken to the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Cambria Heights, Queens, and to be there at precisely 1:35 AM.

Rabbi Schik, a prolific author and publisher of Breslov teachings and Rov of “Breslov City” in the Galilee town of Yavne’el in Israel, also asked that the trip not be publicized in advance.

When his son, Rabbi Moshe Schik, Rav of the Heichal Hakodesh community in Monsey, asked for the reason, his father said he wanted to pray at the Ohel gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Only later did the senior Rabbi Schik agree to share the purpose of the late night trip.

“Exactly a year ago, on the eve of 19 Nissan 5772, I suffered a heart-attack in the middle of learning. It was exactly at 1:35 AM,” he began telling his son.

“Throughout the surgery, while I was under general anesthesia, I saw the Rebbe of Lubavitch OBM standing over me and caressing my head.”

Rabbi Schik, also known as Mohorosh, said he saw the Rebbe telling him a few times, “Don’t worry. You’ll make it. I am caring for you that everything will pass. You’ll make it.”

“The is the reason why I am here at the same time as my heart-attack, to thank G-d Almighty that the Rebbe had a part in saving my life,” he concluded.