Rabbi Hanoch Henich, the son-in-law of Rabbi
Shalom Rokeach, the founder of the Belz Hasidic dynasty, once extended the Yom
Kippur Musaf prayer far beyond the normal time. Before Mincha he told the anxious davveners exactly when he
would finish Ne’ilah, the
closing prayer. But here too
he was running late, only about halfway through by the time he had announced. At that moment the people noticed something very
strange - the hands of the clock stopped moving and stood still until Rabbi
Hanoch finished Ne’ilah.
Can time stop? For the true tzaddik anything is possible.
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