“We want children very badly,” the woman told her rabbi, Yossi Goldman, one of the Lubavitcher shluchim in South Africa. “I’ve already had one miscarriage, and the doctors are very pessimistic about my ability to carry through a successful pregnancy. We have looked into adopting a child and the agencies have located a boy for us. Should we adopt the child or endeavor to have her own?”

Rabbi Goldman had much experience in consulting families, but this was a responsibility that he did not want to accept alone. With tactful sensitivity, he helped the woman compose a letter to the Rebbe.

The Rebbe’s answer was not long in coming: “You will be able to have your own child. There is no need for adoption.”

Shortly afterwards, the woman became pregnant. In the nine months of pregnancy, many complications arose. Each time, she wrote to the Rebbe, and each time, the Rebbe replied with confidant assurance. Ultimately, she gave birth to a healthy baby.