When the famous Gaon Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer was engaged to the outstanding daughter of a renowned and wealthy Jew he became seriously ill and offered to release her from her agreement to marry him. She defied the wishes of her family by insisting on remaining loyal and the question was finally put to the Chafetz Chaim.

"Some people are healthy and others live long" was his prophecy, which was fulfilled as Rabbi Isser Zalman lived till eighty-four as one of the Torah giants of his generation.

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