Q&A: The Chazon Ish's Drawing
The Chazon Ish's Drawing
Question
Hello Rabbi, I’d be glad to know what you think about the story that the Chazon Ish drew the brain and explained where to operate on the brain, and it turned out to be correct and proven.
How does the Rabbi relate to this matter?
https://www.kikar.co.il/haredim-news/ruzx3p
It also shows the picture of the drawing there, and this has also been publicized on several websites.
Answer
It seems to me like an urban legend. In the past I saw discussions that cast doubt on it. I assume you can find them online.
Discussion on Answer
Nice. I had already forgotten.
It reminds me of the stories about Rabbi Wolbe, how much he understood the psyche, etc.
Bottom line, in his old age he said something at a gathering in his home about psychology and pointed to the old books on the top shelf.
He studied, and therefore he knew.
And likewise the Amshinov Rebbe, of blessed memory.
When Rabbi Hoffman (he was head of a department in welfare, of course with relevant education despite being a Torah scholar) discovered that he was really well-versed in psychology and wondered how a Hasidic rebbe knew this stuff—
in the end he saw that he simply
studied and invested effort, and that’s why he got a reputation as a ‘great’ expert in the field.
So too with the Chazon Ish: whatever he did know in medicine was because he simply studied from the Russian books he had.
There are no ‘miracles’—what people don’t study, they don’t know…
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