Grave
Chaim Sinwani
Mekubal
Yahrzeit (Hillula)
- 27 Adar — Rabbi Chaim Sinwani - Hidden Tzadik
Rabbi Chaim Sinwani (1898-1979) – Tzadik Nistar, Mekubal
Yahrzeit – 27 Adar
Resting place – Yehud, Israel
Rabbi Chaim was born in Sinwan, Yemen, to the family of Chacham Yichya of the noble Bida family.
In his youth he left home for Jabal to study at the yeshiva of Rav Shlomo ben Yosef Tabib and Rav David Yaish Hadad. Both Roshei Yeshiva passed away in 1919.
He received rabbinic ordination at the age of 17 from Rabbi Shlomo ben Yosef Tabib and studied Kabbalah with him. In 1921, at only 23 years old, Rav Chaim became the Rav and Av Beit Din of Sinwan.
He and his family took part in Operation Magic Carpet in 1949.
His students relate that Rabbi Chaim loved the Zohar so much that Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai himself and his son Elazar would come to him in a dream if he could not understand some question in the Zohar.
Rabbi Chaim Sinwani smoked a pipe, as did the Baal Shem Tov and Rav Kaduri… There is a tradition that they would smoke a pipe with special kavanot and make an offering of smoke that brought about Yeshuot for Am Yisrael.
The Tzadik Nistar, Rabbi Chaim Sinwani, had a walking stick, a "makel," with which he traveled his entire path; many miraculous stories are told about this staff, which he later passed on to his student.
Rabbi Sinwani immigrated to Israel in 1949 and refused to serve as a rabbi. He lived in Yehud, where he became known as a miracle worker (Poel Yeshuot) and taught students in his home. Rabbi Chaim was the teacher of Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi, alav ha-shalom.
After the Yom Kippur War, he asked for the names of the fallen, prayed for each of them, and wept, asking what merit we would gain for them.
His great work on the Zohar HaKadosh
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Sipurei Tzadikim
Kiddush Hashem
In his youth, the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Sinwani traveled extensively through the Jewish towns of Yemen. He told Rav David Yedidyoff (who was a "hidden tzadik," a Tzadik Nistar, the son-in-law of the Baba Sali) how during one of these journeys he arrived in the town of Ta'izz, where the Gaon Rabbi Aba Shalom Shabazi is buried.
Having walked a great distance on foot, Rabbi Chaim sat down to rest beneath a tree. Suddenly an Arab approached him and greeted him, wishing him peace. But Arab law forbade wishing peace upon Jews. So the rabbi thought the man intended something bad.
"Why do you bless me with peace?" asked Rabbi Chaim. "After all, your laws forbid this."
The Arab answered:
"I doubt our laws, for I am in great grief. My daughter has been paralyzed for two years now, and I cannot find healing for her. I have gone around all the graves of Islamic teachers, listened to the advice of our religion's clergy, made vows, but none of it has helped my daughter. Now I wish to ask you: when you are in Ta'izz, pray for my daughter at the grave of your tzadik."
Arriving at the grave of the righteous Aba Shalom Shabazi, the rabbi prayed for the girl:
"Master of the world! For the merit of this tzadik, Aba Shalom Shabazi, send complete healing to that Arab's daughter and sanctify Your Name and the name of all the people of Israel among the other nations. And let them know that their deeds are vanity, but You are Truth, and Your Name is Truth."
On the way back, Rabbi Chaim saw that the Arab was waiting for him at the crossroads. He rushed toward the rabbi and began embracing him and kissing his feet, uttering every word of gratitude imaginable. Once he calmed down, he told what happened: shortly after he returned home, his daughter sat up in bed and said, "Papa, papa! I feel intense warmth throughout my whole body! Help me get up!"
The father, not believing his ears, reached out his hand to support her, and beheld a miracle: the girl stood on her feet like an ordinary, healthy person. And within a few more days she was completely healed!
The Arab then began to denounce "all the great men of Islam," saying: "Moshe is truth, and his Torah is truth! Rav Shabazi and the sages of Israel are truth!" ("Tiferet Yemen")
When this story became known, the Name of the Creator was glorified both among the Jews and among the non-Jews of those places. (Shulchan Melachim)
Rabbi Chaim Sinwani taught: "One of our roles as sons of the King of the world is to glorify His name and make Him known in the world, to allow others who do not know Him well enough to come to know Him.
How is this done? It is difficult to approach every single person and tell them about the Creator and His deeds. But if we sanctify His name through our actions, as Jews, then we can thereby proclaim the Name of the Creator.
When you conduct yourself calmly in the street, your speech is measured, and your walk is modest, you influence others without wishing to be looked at or stared at.
When you radiate light onto those around you, they immediately look to the source from which you draw these values — the Torah. Through your conduct you can bring many under the wings of the Shechinah and sanctify His blessed Name in the world."
He ascended to the Heavenly Yeshiva on 27 Adar.
On his grave is written: "Sanigor shel Yisrael."
Rav Shmuel Shmueli, a student of Rabbi Chaim Sinwani, related that when he was 13 years old, Rav Sharabi gave him a Sefer Tehillim (both of them were his teachers) and told him that whoever wants Yeshuot should go to the grave of Rabbi Chaim Sinwani.
May the merit of the great Mekubal protect Am Yisrael!
(https://dailyzohar.com/tzadikim/1064-Rabbi-Chaim-Sinwani)
Sipurei Tzadikim
Kiddush Hashem
In his youth, the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Sinwani traveled extensively through the Jewish towns of Yemen. He told Rav David Yedidyoff (who was a "hidden tzadik," a Tzadik Nistar, the son-in-law of the Baba Sali) how during one of these journeys he arrived in the town of Ta'izz, where the Gaon Rabbi Aba Shalom Shabazi is buried.
Having walked a great distance on foot, Rabbi Chaim sat down to rest beneath a tree. Suddenly an Arab approached him and greeted him, wishing him peace. But Arab law forbade wishing peace upon Jews. So the rabbi thought the man intended something bad.
"Why do you bless me with peace?" asked Rabbi Chaim. "After all, your laws forbid this."
The Arab answered:
"I doubt our laws, for I am in great grief. My daughter has been paralyzed for two years now, and I cannot find healing for her. I have gone around all the graves of Islamic teachers, listened to the advice of our religion's clergy, made vows, but none of it has helped my daughter. Now I wish to ask you: when you are in Ta'izz, pray for my daughter at the grave of your tzadik."
Arriving at the grave of the righteous Aba Shalom Shabazi, the rabbi prayed for the girl:
"Master of the world! For the merit of this tzadik, Aba Shalom Shabazi, send complete healing to that Arab's daughter and sanctify Your Name and the name of all the people of Israel among the other nations. And let them know that their deeds are vanity, but You are Truth, and Your Name is Truth."
On the way back, Rabbi Chaim saw that the Arab was waiting for him at the crossroads. He rushed toward the rabbi and began embracing him and kissing his feet, uttering every word of gratitude imaginable. Once he calmed down, he told what happened: shortly after he returned home, his daughter sat up in bed and said, "Papa, papa! I feel intense warmth throughout my whole body! Help me get up!"
The father, not believing his ears, reached out his hand to support her, and beheld a miracle: the girl stood on her feet like an ordinary, healthy person. And within a few more days she was completely healed!
The Arab then began to denounce "all the great men of Islam," saying: "Moshe is truth, and his Torah is truth! Rav Shabazi and the sages of Israel are truth!" ("Tiferet Yemen")
When this story became known, the Name of the Creator was glorified both among the Jews and among the non-Jews of those places. (Shulchan Melachim)
Rabbi Chaim Sinwani taught: "One of our roles as sons of the King of the world is to glorify His name and make Him known in the world, to allow others who do not know Him well enough to come to know Him.
How is this done? It is difficult to approach every single person and tell them about the Creator and His deeds. But if we sanctify His name through our actions, as Jews, then we can thereby proclaim the Name of the Creator.
When you conduct yourself calmly in the street, your speech is measured, and your walk is modest, you influence others without wishing to be looked at or stared at.
When you radiate light onto those around you, they immediately look to the source from which you draw these values — the Torah. Through your conduct you can bring many under the wings of the Shechinah and sanctify His blessed Name in the world."
He ascended to the Heavenly Yeshiva on 27 Adar.
On his grave is written: "Sanigor shel Yisrael."
Rav Shmuel Shmueli, a student of Rabbi Chaim Sinwani, related that when he was 13 years old, Rav Sharabi gave him a Sefer Tehillim (both of them were his teachers) and told him that whoever wants Yeshuot should go to the grave of Rabbi Chaim Sinwani.
May the merit of the great Mekubal protect Am Yisrael!
(https://dailyzohar.com/tzadikim/1064-Rabbi-Chaim-Sinwani)Gallery
