Each week, the “tzaddik of Tiveriah,” Rav Dov Kook, traditionally spends seudah shlishis with his talmidim after the end of Shabbos, delivering words of hisorerus for an extended hour after Shabbos has ended.
This past Motzoei Shabbos, Parshas Eikev, Rav Kook strangely deviated from his custom and continued seudah shlishis for many hours deep into the night.
While in a state of great spiritual uplift, Rav Kook turned and whispered to his brother-in-law, Rav Eliezer Roth, head of the Asos Mishpat Bais Din and son-in-law of Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein, “Boruch Hashem, all the judgments and decrees have been sweetened.”
This occurred shortly before a dramatic preemptive strike by Israel within Lebanon.
As the meal was coming to an end and the alarms had already begun in the northern settlements, Rav Kook threw candies towards his close talmidim and said, “These will be in place of the missiles.”
The meal lasted until five in the morning. Afterward, Rav Kook davened Maariv with great devotion and immediately afterward davened Shacharis at sunrise. Following Shacharis, he made Havdalah.
{Matzav.com Israel}