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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.