And He will answer you first. ​ There was a woman in New York who was diagnosed with cancer. Not willing to forfeit the power of other’s tefilos, she shared her diagnosis with her community. Miles away, an old friend of hers in Israel heard the news and began saying Nishmas daily as a zchus for her friend’s complete recovery. ​ During a routine check-up soon after, she received frightening news of her own. Her doctor had found something suspicious —- eerily similar to her friend's cancer, and needed additional tests to confirm a diagnosis. ​ Suddenly, her daily Nishmas took on new meaning. The words that she had whispered with her friend in mind now carried her hopes and fears as well. ​ A week and a half later, her friend in Brooklyn underwent successful surgery. And the very next day, after completing her own battery of tests, the woman in Israel opened an email from her doctor with trembling fingers.  ​ Non-cancerous.  ​ Two priceless words, 40 days after her first Nishmas tefillah. ​ "כל המתפלל בעד חבירו והוא צריך לאותו דבר הוא נענה תחילה"  ​ She thought she was davening for her friend. But in truth? Her tefilos were shaping her destiny in ways she could never have imagined.