As we have said in the past, sometimes Hash e m shows us His Hash g a ch a in a very open way. Yesterday I travel ed to Brooklyn from Deal NJ, along with my father and his brother , in order to pay respects to my cousin , Mr. Leon Sutton , who passed away last week at the age of 96 . He was known as the father of Rabbi Shemuel Sutton, the Menahel of Yeshivat Ateret Torah Boys HS, and he was my father’s first cousin. When we got there, my father and his brother began reminiscing with the family about their interactions with their cousin. I added that my first interaction with my cousin was when I was in the M irr e r Y eshiva high school over forty years ago. Mr. Sutton lived nearby on Quentin Road, and sometimes I would go there, along with my brother at times, to have dinner. He was always very warm and welcoming, and I recall that he was very proud to share that he had put out a sefer called Morah B’Esbah from the Chida, the great Sephardic rabbi, with a commentary from Rabbi Yehoshua Meir HaKohen from Volozhin. The book was printed in 1906 and it came with approbations from the great Ashkenazi Rabbi Raphael Shapiro of Volozhin, as well as Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, of the Gedolei Hador. The sefer had been in my great grandfather’s library, and on the front of the book, it said in Hebrew Abraham David Sithon. He was a great man who opened a synagogue called K’nis Sithon in Bensonhurst. He passed away in 1938. He had a huge library and Mr Leon Sutton, his grandson, had this book from the library. When he got the book, my cousin contacted Rabbi Yaakov Hillel and introduced him to the sefer. Rabbi Hillel was so excited by the sefer that he went on to add his commentary on it , and Mr. Leon Sutton sponsored the publication. As we were speaking about the sefer, Rabbi Shemuel Sutton pulled out the actual original sefer that his father had sent to Rabbi Hillel in 1980! He had been excited by it and that’s why he showed it to Rabbi Hillel. When I opened it, I saw a letter dated September 23, 1980 from Rabbi Hillel’s Yeshiva thanking Mr Leon Sutton, and telling him there were 480 books on the boat, and 20 books being shipped. There were details about the book and how excited they were about the project. Rabbi Shemuel Sutton told me how the sefer originated from my great grandfather’s library and found its way to Rabbi Hillel, who went on to add a commentary, but Rabbi Hillel would not do so without permission from one of the descendants of the author, Rabbi Yehoshua Meir HaKohen, who had passed away in the early 1900s somewhere in Europe. Rabbi Hillel was able to track down one of the author’s descendants, an ir religious man who was living on a Kibbutz (as was common in those days, many peopl e from religious backgrounds came to Israel and lost their religion). Rabbi Hillel asked his permission and showed him the sefer . The man read the introduction to the sefer, which says, “ The merit of the gre at Gaon, the genius , the holy Chida should stand for me, that I should merit to sit in the four cubits of Halacha learning, with peace of mind, and I should merit to see children and grandchildren involved in Torah and Mitzv ot . When this ir religious man on the kibbutz saw the introduction that his grandfather wrote, that he had not been aware of, he was so inspired that he went on to research his religion and became a full-fledged Baal Teshuva! Look at this unbelievable hashgacha ! This obviously great man had the zechut that his s efer found its way into the hands of his descendent, and was able to pull him back in Teshuva. And this book, from my great grandfather’s library , ended up in the hands of my cousin, Leon Sutton who brought it to Rabbi H illel , who tracked the grandson dow n. What was more fascinating to me was that I heard about this sefer in my very first interaction with my cousin, and it was the one thing that I said at the Shiva house … I had been excited that my first introduction to him was when he showed me this book . He gave me a copy of the sefer . And right there in front of us, was the original s efer, sitting on the table ! I have no knowledge of why. That was the first interaction of Rabbi Yaakov Hillel and our community. The first home that Rabbi Hillel stayed in, in our community, was actually that of Mr. Leon Sutton ! Sometimes Hashem reveals His hand , and we were able to see the tremendous H ashgac ha . Have a wonderful day .