It was the last day of my trip to Israel. Prior to final dinner with my brother in the drive to Ben Gurion airport we stopped at the Kotel. Prayer at the western wall is always significant, but it takes on added emotional meaning when it also serves as a goodbye to our beloved land. We found a minyan and prayed the Mincha service. Then we lingered for a few more minutes to recite to Tehillim (psalms). I could not help but notice. the man on my left who approached the Wall. He led a little boy of about four by the hand. "Stand here," he told the child, pointing to the large stones of the Kotel. "it is customary to recite prayers here at this wall, prayers to God. The boy looked up at his father, and the man continued: "Say a prayer yourself, my son, we believe that God listens especially well to all prayers recited at this Wall. The last time mommy and I came to Israel, five years ago, we also came to the Wall and prayed." His voice trailed off for a moment, and then picked up, this time softly. "We came to this Wall and we prayed, and you were born." -Rabb Moshe Yeres
Pray as miracles do happen. And if you ever have the opportunity, travel to the End and stand where this hopeful father and mother stood.
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