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Not only מ ֹ ׁשֶ ה told ד׳ ,was due to his exceptionally Finally חֹו ׁשֶ ן הַ מִׂ ׁשְ ָפ ט merited wearing the אַ הֲ ֹר ן but he would truly rejoice in his , מ ֹ ׁשֶ ה not be jealous of אַ הֲ ֹר ן would בְשְכַר'וְרָאֲָך וְשָמַח בְלִׂבֹו' זֹוכֶה “ ,states (ׁשַ בָת קל״ט.) גְ מָ רָ א The . מִׂ ד ֹו ת fine s appointment, even though it was coming at his’ מ ֹ ׁשֶ ה heart at ( מ ֹ ׁשֶ ה) will see you ( אַ הֲ ֹר ן) of ‘and he זְ כ ּו ת In the — לְחֹוׁשֶ ן הַמִׂשְ פָט עַללִׂבֹו is worthy of carrying the , גְ מָ רָ א was expense. Such a good heart, says the אַ הֲ ֹר ן ’(ׁשְ מֹות ד׳:י״ד) (and will rejoice in his heart (at your success . חֹו ׁשֶ ן הַ מִׂ ׁשְ ָפ ט ”.on his heart חֹו ׁשֶ ן הַ מִׂ ׁשְ ָפ ט worthy of wearing the can , אַ הֲ ת בַ יִׂ שְ רָ אֵ ל who was filled with true , אַ הֲ ֹר ן A person like כְ לַ ל to become the leader of מ ֹ ׁשֶ ה chose ד׳ At the time when s’ד׳ and beg יֹום כִׂ פּור on קֹ דֶ ׁש הַ קֳ דָ ׁשִׂ י ם repeatedly refused to be the one to go into the מ ֹ ׁשֶ ה ,and take them out of their slavery ִׂי שְ רָ אֵ ל מִׂ ׁשְ ֵ ל י says in ׁשְ מ ֹל ֹ ה הַ מֶ לֶ ְך accept the mission for seven days. Although he gave various reasons forgiveness for an entire nation. This is what But love covers all offenses." Such a — וְ לעַ כָ ל פְ ׁשָ עִׂ ים תְ כַ סֶ ה אַ הֲ בָ ה" ,(י:יב) s overriding’ מ ֹ ׁשֶ ה knew that ד׳ ,for his reluctance to accept his mission concern was that he felt he would cause great distress to his brother, heart has no room for jealousy, and thus no room for hatred. It is pure . חֹו ׁשֶ ן הַ מִׂ ׁשְ ָפ ט enough to wear the . אַ הֲ ֹר ן R’ Segal appraised the station attendant are not only גְדֹולֵי יִשְרָאֵ ל had been away from Egypt for forty years and he was Throughout the generations, our מ ֹ ׁשֶ ה By the time Rav Mutzafi returned... R’ WhenSegal the was food not wassatisfied ready, and Rabbi found Abba Shaul of his change accommodation. had seen a major increase in the כְ לַ ל יִׂשְ רָ אֵ ל .thepersonally station masterhanded andeach paid talmid him. his food. far away from the people ! מִ ד ֹו ת knowledge, but also for their beautiful ּת ֹו רָ ה I wanted remembered for their did in order to hasten the ד׳ Rabbeinu! I can’t to have a share in intensity of the slave labor (which Rabbi, Labriut! (Adapted from The Pleasant Way (with kind permission from Rabbi Sholom Smith .גְ אּולָה believe my eyes! preparing and serving the Rabbi, I am astounded… redemption) during these years, the last period before the really??… The trip ul’hachzakat torahtecha! food that will give our sonny, One day I want you ended! there is no - Eat in good health! may talmidim the strength to to also become such a need to pay…just this strengthen your torah learn well! great rabbi who is onelearning! in a forget it! million! of Yahrtzeits our Gedolim Gedolim Glimpses related part of a זַ צַ ״ ל R' Shimon Schwab The . ָח ֵפץ ַח ִּיים in conversation he had with the חַ ָנ ה and ר׳ יְהוּדָ ה born to , זַ צַ ״ ל Schwab ר ׳ שִׁ מְ ע וֹ ן י"ד אדר א׳ 5669 — 5755 Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, learned at Telz and Mir מָ שִּ י חַ when , כ ֺּ הֵ ן said to him, “As a ָח ֵפץ ַח ִּיים 1995 — 1908 in Darmstadt. He married Recha דַ ָי ן before becoming comes I will have the opportunity to serve ,in the district of Ichenhausen רָ ב Froehlich in 1931. In 1933, he became the Do you know why I am . י בֵ ת הַ מִּ קְ דָ ש The Rebbi’s love for Torah and his sensitivity in the in רָ ב Bavaria. Escaping Nazi Germany in 1936, R' Schwab served as Simply because my Zaide ? כ ֺּ הֵ ן towards others are just some of the eternal a messages we must apply to our daily lives. Baltimore, and founded the Bais Yaakov School for Girls of Baltimore. In after מִּ י לַד׳ אֵ לַי s call of’ מ ֺּ שֶׁ ה responded to ,קְהַ ל עַדַ ת יְשוּרוּן of רָ ב serving as , זַ צַ ״ ל he joined R' Joseph Breuer ,1958 In that merit, all his future .עֵ גֶׁ ל the sin of the מַ עְ ָ י ן ,A prolific writer, his magnum opus . פְ טִׁ י רָ ה where he served until his R' Schwab then ”.כֺּ הֲ נִּ ים as ד׳ Rav Schwab on Prayer edited generations serve) עִׁ י וּ ן תְ פִׁ לָ ה ,Selected Writings ,בֵּ ית הַ שוֹאֵּ בָ ה Ih his youth, his .רוֹיזָא and ר׳ מ ֹ שֶׁ ה יִׁ צְ חָ ק was born to , ר ֹא שׁ י ְ שִׁׁ י בָ ה the Manchester ,ר׳ יְהוּדָה זְאֵב סֶגַל זַצַ״ל father was his primary teacher. In 1930, he went to learn in for three years under his eldest son), and more reflect his original ר׳, מֺשֶׁ ה posthumously by ר׳ אֶ לִׁ יעֶ זֶ ר Abba Shaul, immigrants יְ י שִׁׁ ב ת ַ Benaya מִׁ י רto Eliyahu and ירושלים Chacham Ben Zion was born in מִּ י לַד׳ noted, “In every generation, there is a call of ר׳ יְחֶזְקֵ אל of תַ לְ מִׁ י ד מֻ בְ הָ ק and was a ר׳ ַח ִׁיים ְשׁמוּ ֵא ְל ִׁביץ ַז ַצ״ל with בְ חַ בְ ר וּ תָ א where he learned יְ ההוּדָ פִׁ ינְ קֶ ל זַ צַ ״ל .and historical genius הַ שְ קָ ָפ ה from Iran. Until the age of 11 he was taught by his father, who then sent him to thinking, practical ”!Bend your ear and listen to that call . אֵ לַ י ZionR' Avraham later Tzvi became Kamai ,ר׳ אֶ Ben לִׁיעֶזֶר היְהוּדָ Chacham פִׁ ינְקֶ ל .from Tzadka סְמִׁיכָהhad under received R’ Yehuda ר׳ יְהוּדָ learnedה זְאֵ ב By. 1933,He first . לֵ וִׁ י נְ שׁ ט ײַ ן זַ צַ ״ ל and R' Shimon Shkop . He married , the daughter of Cohen (a ,( ישיבתthe city’s)פורת יוסף the ר׳ שְׁ ֹלמֹ ,Hadassahה זַ לְ מַ ןIn 1948, he married יוֹכֶבֶ ד.Ezra Attiya זַ צַ ״ לthe , Chacham רָ בof זַ צַ ״ לa Ponovezher ) invited to join the) ראש ישיבה,in 1934. In 1949 (תלמיד מבהקgerrer He was a . ר ׳ יְ ה וּ דָ ה זְ אֵ ב סֶ גַ the לof רָ ב was a ר׳ father ףיוֹסֵ שְׁ whose ֹלמֹה כַהֲנְמַ ן זַצַ ״ל,of R’ Yosef Shaharbaniחָ סִׁ י דdaughter appointed Dedication opportunities are available. If you would like to sponsor or receive this publication בןhe was ,אישגְ ד וֹ חילִׁ י ם and other דַ יָןתלמיד אַבְרַמְסְקִׁ י זַצַ ״ל faculty. However, in 1950, with the support of יְ שִׁׁ י בָ ה לע״נ ר׳ ישראל בן אברהם ז"ל He declined .ראש ישיבת פורת יוסף Chacham Ezra Attiya asked him to serve as .תורה in גאון לע״נ הב׳ ישעיהו דוב ע״ה בן יבלחט״א יצחק צבי נ״י shaped every facet of his life. He taught his via email, please send an email to [email protected] הַ תְ מָ דָ ה and , תְ פִׁ ָל ה , צִׁ דְ ק וּ ת His . יְ שִׁׁ י בָ ה of Manchester ר ֹא שׁ י ְ שִׁׁ י בָ ה .לוּחַ ראשa ישיבה example. in 1983, In he 1967, became he designed פטירה properly. After by R’ his Tzadka’s own personal מגיד שעור how toto conduct become themselves a תַ ְ ל י agreedמִׁ דִׁ י םbut of He Maayan was the This week's Pirchei Weekly is dedicated". עוֹלָם הַ בָא his and "passport was the to founder לוּחַ among daily. 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with Living the Torah Words That Pierce the Heaven Contest שובבי"ם The 5th Annual Pirchei í"í Simply . קִ דּ וּ שׁ ד ׳ contest. It is not too late to become a part of this amazing שׁוֹבְבִ י״ם ת״ת referring to R' Segal. This is the final week of the eight weeks of the 5th International וְעָשִׂיתָ עַלׁשּולָיו רִׂ מֹּנֵי תְ כֵלֶת וְאַרְ גָמָ ןוְתֹולַעַת ׁשָ נִׂי עַל ׁשּולָיוסָבִׂ יב ּופַעֲמֹּנֵי … student became stricken with a send a fax to 718 506 9633 or email to [email protected] signed by a parent – include your grade, name, school, city, state, contact and fax #, and יְ ׁשִׂ י בָ ה Once, a brilliant בְ תֹוכָם סָבִׂ יב. פַעֲמֹּןזָהָ בוְרִׂ מֹון … עַל ׁשּולֵי הַמְעִׂ ילסָבִׂ יב )ׁשְ מֹות כח:לג-לד(. :Below are the current contestants .מִקְרָ אוֹת גְּ דוֹלוֹת חוּמָשִׁ יםParticipants will be entered in a raffle for a beautiful set of . פָּ רָּ שָּ ה which מְ עִׂ י ל You shall make on its [the ’s] hem pomegranates of turquoise, serious illness. The boy’s parents contacted R' Segal and requested Grade 1 – Avraham Baraka, Yitzchok Baraka, Ezra Harari-Raful, Avraham Tebele; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Elimelech Fogel; Yeshiva Chaim Berlin; Shimmy Lowy; Yeshiva purple and scarlet wool, on its hem all around, and gold bells between that he pray for their son’s recovery. In the course of their Karlin Stolin; Moshe Avigdor Gelfand; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Eliyahu Levi Allakhverdov, Raphael Bilinsky, Ashi Bistricer, Shlomo Botknecht, Menachem Danziger, them, all around; a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a conversation, the parents mentioned that they had already made a Aryeh Davis, Baruch Deutsch, Nosson Zvi Diamond, Avromi Drillick, Binyomin Elkon, Simcha Feder, Reuven Ferziger, Yosef Finkelstein, Yosef Shalom Fireworker, Yona pomegranate on the hem of the robe, all around. Fischer, Shalom Friedman, Yitzchok Friedman, Dovid Yechiel Ghershenzon, Meir Ghershenzon, Moshe Herbstman, Avi Idler, Zvi Aaron Koff, Avi Korinsky, Aryeh Leib decision that their son, who had completed high school, would leave Landsberg, Uriel Lasry, Shai Ledereich, Tzvi Yehuda Lederer, Moshe Leshem, Sender Leshkowitz, Eliyahu Dovid Levy, Dovi Lewin, Binyomin Milstein, Yaakov Yosef to pursue a career. R' Segal told them, “Your son can develop Moradi, Shlomo Ridiker, Yehuda Rosenzweig, Dovi Shain, Yehuda Silberberg, Eliyahu Warman, Noam Weisel, Yaakov Weiss, Izzy Weissman, Shimon Yukhanov; Yeshiva יְ ׁשִׂ י בָ ה allude to the מְ עִׂ י ל The ringing bells on the hem of the and Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Mishael Mordechai Gantz; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Chaim Yitzchok Levy; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Yaakov Zakheim; Yeshiva ת ֹו רָ ה Dedicate him to the study of . ל תַ ְ מִׂ י ד חָ ָכ ם into an outstanding לָ ׁשֹון study. Those who are careful to avoid ת ֹו רָ ה and תְ פִׂ ָל ה sounds of Ohr Yehuda; Chaim Yeshaya Peker; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Pinchos Pinter; Yeshiva Damesek Eliezer; Lakewood, NJ; Yaakov Eliyahu Neiman, Amrom Novice; Yeshivas Kochav וְנִׁׂשְמַ ע ק ל ֹו ֹו בְ ב ֹּ א ֹו אֶ ל הַ ק ֹּ דֶ ׁש …“ ,and other forbidden talk are assured הָ רַ ע he will recover from his illness.” Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Meir Nockenofsky, Menachem Mendel Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Avi Scherer; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH. Its sound shall be heard when he enters the Sanctuary before Later that day, someone who was standing near R' Segal as Grade 2 – Moshe Amshalem, Shmuel Amshalem, Aviel Bazargan, Noam Brown, Matis Burstein, Yitzchak Gelb, Menachem Shalom Gottesman, Daniel Lelchuk, Kalmy… לִׂ פְ נֵ י ד ׳ ,I promised!” Obermeister, Chaim Yaakov Stern, Shmuel Weiss; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Avraham Haber, Moshe Lagnado, Yehuda Mograby, Yoshiyahu Mograby, David Sonanes ,רִׂ בֹונֹו לׁשֶ עֹולָם“ ,study will find he was praying heard him say תֹורָ ה that their prayers and – (כה .Hashem…” (ibid favor in Heaven. That very day, the boy’s doctor broke his leg and he was Moshe Weiss; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Shloimy Hirtenfeld; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Emanuel Babazadeh, Menachem Breuer, Yoel Boruch Czeisler, Efraim Fireworker, Avi Goldburd, Yissochor Berish Gross, Ahron Huss, Orie Joudai, Asher Katz, Shlomo Dov Kelman, Efraim Khaimov, Moshe Klein, Tzvi Landau, Azriel Laufer, Shmuel ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ replaced by another doctor who was considered less qualified. The Lebovits, Shmuel Leshkowitz, Moshe Mandelman, Binyamin Minzer, Yehuda Ridiker, Ahron Meir Safier, Eliyahu Meir Schilit, Yoseph Shafer, Avi Stroh, Nosson Eliyahu second doctor recommended a different course of treatment which Teller, Shmuel Weingarten, Hillel Werzberger, Daniel Shlomo Yifat; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Pinchas Becker, Baruch Bobker; Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Far , רֹּא ׁש י ְ ׁשִׂ י בָ ה the late Manchester , זַ צַ ״ ל R' Yehudah Zev Segal in our proved successful. The boy recovered fully, and went on to become Rockaway, NY; Amrom Weinstein; Fallsburg Cheder School, Fallsburg, NY; Shneur Aronovitch; Yeshiva Ketana of Queens; Flushing, NY; Mordechai Steinharter; Yeshiva תְ פִׂ ָל ה was referred to by the Steipler Gaon as “the pillar of Shagas Aryeh; Lakewood, NJ; Shmuel Khaver; Talmudical Academy; Baltimore, MD; Chaim Boruch Pfeffer; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Shmuel Uziel Feifer, ,Yisroel Moshe Weinberg; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Pinny Adlerstein, Yehudah Ceder, Shlomo Nosson Fishleder, Naftali Geldman, Aharon Jaspan .תַ לְמִׂ יד חָ כָ ם generation.” R' Segal invested his prayers with incredible effort and an outstanding .in our Yehoshua Mann, Avi Segal; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX תְ פִׂ ָל ה concentration. Every word was expressed with proper intent and It is not coincidental that R' Segal, “the pillar of in our generation. It Grade 3 – Yisroel Meir Ginsberg, Mordechai Nass, Chaim Yishaya Sussman, Naftali Wrotzlovsky; The Cheder; Yehoshua Berger, Adam Davydov, Eitan Ganchrow, Boruch ׁשְ מִׂ י רַ ת הַ ָ ל ׁש ֹו ן When generation,” was also the pillar of . ׁשַ חַ רִׂ י ת enunciated clearly. Once, R' Segal fainted while reciting Goldfein, Tzvi Simcha Harmen, Yehoshuah Katz, Dani Kertzner, Azriel Meir Malek, Yonah Moster, Rafi Mostofsky, Eliyahu Meir Simon; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Yitzchock he regained consciousness, those attending him asked him at what was R' Segal who developed a daily learning schedule that is used Harari-Raful, Eliyahu Nakash; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Yisroel Kaplan, Yitzchok Lowy; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Avrohom Chaim Toplan; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; point in his davening he had fainted. R' Segal indicated that it was world-wide for the study of the laws and concepts of guarding one’s Binyomin Greenberg; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Chaim Aschendorf, Chaim Bash, Efrayim Cohn, Moshe Cywiak, Nossi Finkelstein, Simcha Fireworker, Binyomin Zev Even after having fainted, tongue from forbidden speech. In fact, R' Segal requested that he be Florans, Avi Grossberger, Aharon Itzkowitz, Shalom Kelman, Chaim Lederer, Yechiel Yehuda Minzer, Yonatan Dovid Moradi, Effie Neuman, Avrohom Aharon Perl, Aryeh . לְ קֵ -ל עֶלְיֹון and תְ ל הִׂ ֹו ת between the words Pollak, Chagai Saadon, Yitzchak Schlaff, Avrohom Silbert, Mordechai Slomovics, Dovid Tessler, Aaron Avrohom Vaiselberg, Nesanel Chaim Vaiselberg, Avi Weiss, Moshe ;calendar, saying, “This is my passport to Werzberger, Dovi Worenklein, Nosson Meir Yaiche; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Levi Berkowitz; Fallsburg Cheder School; Fallsburg, NY; Yaakov Zev Greenfield ׁשְ י מִׂ רַ ת הַ ָ ל ׁש ֹו ן he could recall clearly which word he had said and which he had not, buried with his Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim; Avi Abramson, Yitzchok Attar, Yakov Belsky, Avrohom Shmuel Edelman, Mordechai Esrig, Yehuda Garfunkel, Yaakov Chaim Goldman, Yaakov ”.עֹולָם הַ בָא .for no word was uttered without intense concentration Those who were privileged to observe him as he prayed Virtually everyone who brought his personal suffering to R' Morgenstern, Zev Portnoy, Meir Moshe Sinaei; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Moshe Lasar; Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion; Edison, NJ; Avraham Rupp; Yeshiva Even Yisroel; Yaakov Yisroel Peker; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Dovid Barkin, Shloimy Birnbaum, Dovid Braun, Tzvi Yehuda Eisen, Binyomin Zev Friedman, Noach Globerman, Eliyohu Goldberg, Shmuel Metzger, Yaakov Reuven Ort; Yeshiva Toras Aron; Avrohom Eliezer Eckstein, Binyomin Brisk, Binyomin Zorach Feder, Eliyahu Yurkansky; Yeshiva ׁשְ מִׂ י רַ ת would say that they would consider it a great accomplishment if their Segal’s door was advised to strengthen himself in the area of ;When someone would joyfully report that his/her problem was Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Refoel Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Yehuda Leibowitz; Hillel Academy; Pittsburgh, PA; Yehuda Zev Markowitz; Torah Day School . הַ לָ ׁש ֹו ן ׁשְ מ ֹו ֶ נ ה was like R' Segal’s typical weekday יֹום כִׂ פּור prayer on נְ עִׂ ילָ ה .who Dallas, TX , חָ פֵ ץ חַ יִׂ י ם with heartfelt tears as he prayed solved, R' Segal would say that it was the merit of the ׁשְ מֹונֶה עֶשְרֵ ה He uttered every . ֶ ע שְ רֵ ה Grade 4 – Moshe Dahan, Yehuda Obermeister, Zev Yankovich, Moishe Zimmerman; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Aharon Taibi; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Noach Shain; Yeshiva ,that had brought about Ketana of Bensonhurst; Moshe Ariel, Shmuel Eliezer Baumann, Moshe Bentzion Blum, Moshe Brachfeld, Yudi Breuer, Shlomo Czeiler, Yechezkel Drillick, Yisrael Drillick , ׁשְ י מִׂ רַ ת הַ ָ ל ׁש ֹו ן for the needs of individuals and for the Jewish people as a whole. authored the classic texts on Thousands of Jews around the world sought R' Segal’s the salvation. Others, however, felt that it was the combination of the Mayer Farkas, Shimi Fireworker, Aaron Fried, Dovid Friedman, Yisrael Yehuda Haas, Noach Hammer, Mendy Herbstman, Shmuel Hirsch, Aharon Horowitz, Isser Zalmen whose Itzkowitz, Nosson Tzvi Kamins, Dovi Katz, Zisha Katzenstein, Yechiel Ledereich, Zevi Leshkowitz, Avrohom Zev Levitin, Akiva Lieberman, Mordechai Neuman, Ahron , רֹּא ׁש י ְ ׁשִׂ י בָ ה s merit and the merit of the Manchester’ חָ פֵ ץ חַ יִׂ י ם would ד׳ blessings and prayers because they were convinced that Years ago, when a young man told R' Oberlander, Avrohom Mordechai Paneth, Yaakov Paneth, Dovid Rubenstein, Yisroel Silberberg, Yaacov Weiss, Sruli Yifat; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Motti . צַ דִׂ י ק fulfill the will of this great so very Berkowitz, Mordechai Edelson, Avrohom Felder, Elimelech G. Hendler, Yehuda Leib Kalatsky, Yossi Weinstein; Fallsburg Cheder School, Fallsburg, NY; Moshe Dovid תְ פִׂ ָל ה avoidance of forbidden speech made his words of that a relative of his was seriously ill, R' Moshe powerful. Berger; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Shauli Brandman, Eli Cohen, Feivel Cohen, Binyomin Dafner, Shmuel Hollander, Avi Lubowsky, Noam Nudell, Aron Tzvi זַ צַ ״ ל Moshe Feinstein responded, “There is a Jew in Manchester who can help you.” He was Adapted from: Shabbos Stories (with kind permission from ArtScroll) Papoff, Simcha Perlman, Zevy Pinkus, Moshe Reiss, Moshe Wolf, Meir Zucker; Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi; Chicago, IL; Elimelech Friedman, Yehuda Grunwald, Gavriel Mirkin, Simcha Neuberger; Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim; Avrohom Alter Atlas, Dovi Feldman, Elimelech Friedman, Yehuda Grunwald, Binyamin Kroll, Moishe Rosen, Yisroel Meir Shoub, Avraham Shmuel Victor; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Tzvi Aryeh Altschuller, Shmuel Dovid Friedman, Mordechai Shlomo Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Yosef Yitzchok Baras, Shragi Mann, Dovid Simcha Pfeffer, Aaron Pressman, Yossi Scherer, Azriel Singer, Chaim Weinrib; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Yossi Dessler, Azaria Feldman, Mayer Gancz, Dovid Goldman, Shlomo Goldstein, Yishai Wolf; Hebrew Academy of Cleveland; Chaim Feifer, Meir Klugmann; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Yisroel Leibowitz; Hillel Academy; Pittsburgh, PA; Chaim Katz, David Nachman Robinov, Lev Shalom Sagal, Naftali Skaist; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX; Shimon Ehrentrau; Kesser Torah; Gateshead, UK. FocusonMiddos Grade 5 – Chaim Mordechai Ginsberg, Meir Nass; The Cheder; Avi Getter, Chaim Sholom Katz, Dovi Lerner, Zevi Melcer, Yakov Asher Moster, Tzvi Muller; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Daniel Cohen, Yissachar Harari-Raful; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Boruch Kaplan; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Yehuda Goldstein, Eliyohu Helberg, Nosson Feitel Hirtenfeld, Dear Talmid, constitute a prohibited form of paying interest). be so strong that I should be able to see you Eliyohu Waldman; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Shmuel Dovid Anflick, Menachem Mendel Berniker, Yehuda Geller, Moshe Shmuel Guttman, Ari Korsinsky, Yaacov Yehuda Kramer, Yerachmiel Lasker, Dov Levy, Dovi Mendelovitz, Yakov Perl, Yosef Menachem Smith, Moshe Yehoshua Stern, Dovi Werner, Shmuel Werzberger; Yeshiva Torah ,once related The following year, R' Schwab again struggling not to verbalize it. I don’t see that Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Chaim Dov Ber Eckstein, Yitzchok Tzvi Jurkansky, Yisroel Moskovitz; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Shmuel Alexander Eichenstein, Ahron Hirsch , זַ צַ ״ ל ,R' Shimon Schwab for a loan. This time, struggle!” Avraham Katz, Azriel Musman, Zecharia Oratz; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok, Baltimore, MD; Elazar Freedman; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Yonason Aryeh מַ שְׁ גִ י חַ ַ the following incident from his early years as a approached the Aron, Shimon Belsky, Yisroel Friedman, Aryeh Leib Hunger, Shmuel Dovid Katz, Yechiel Aryeh Klugmann, Michoel Lerman, Yaakov Moshe Margulies, Aaron Paperman, there are many ways other Eliyahu Meir Rappaport, Moshe Chaim Rechanik, Moshe Zev Rokowsky, Moshe Rozen, Mayer Zelig Simon, Yehuda Leib Solomon, Yosef Sommer, Menachem , ל תַ ְׁ מִ י ד student in Mir Yeshiva in Poland. however, when he returned, he repaid the loan My He planned to visit his parents’ home without saying a word. than speech that express how you feel. Your Wainbrand, Tzvi Wenger; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Chananel Abrams; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX. Grade 6 – Moshe Choueka, Boruch Leib Leiser; The Cheder; Michael Levy, Avraham Netanel; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Azaria Toplan; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; As was customary, he Again, R' Yeruchem chastised him, “Is body language can speak volumes — often Yosef Friedman, Eli Weichselbaum; Yeshiva Ohr Shraga; Daniel Suval; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Yaakov Czeisler, Adiel Duchovny, Aryeh Fingerer, Shmuel Frank, Yitzchok . פֶּ סַ ח in Frankfurt for louder than the spoken word. Your friends will Herskovich, Zev Katz, Ami Ledereich, Shuli Lowy, Yitzy Merav, Refael Oberlander, Yoni Solomon; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Nachie Berger; Yeshiva Darchei ”? הַ כָ רַ ת ַ הַ ט וֹ ב R' Yeruchem Levovitz there no , מַ שְׁ גִ י חַ ַ approached the for a loan to buy a ticket. Upon returning R' Schwab was quite perturbed. look at your actions for direction and Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Yehuda Schwartz; Yeshiva Beth Mikroh; Monsey, NY; Shloimy Weber; Yeshiva RJJ; Staten Island, NY; Shalom David Behmanesh; Yeshivas , זַ צַ ״ ל Chofetz Chaim; Elazar Moradian; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Eliezer Cohen, Ezra Kassin, Shimmy Zweiback; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Shmuel Frank, to “When I said thank you, I was chastised, and encouragement. Do you realize the power of Yechezkel Yehuda Sher; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Chesky Chomsky, Aryeh Leib Krasner; Yeshiva Toras Aron; Asher Yeshaya Knopfler, Binyomin Schustal; Yeshiva Toras מַ שְׁ גִ י חַ ַ R' Shimon went over to the , פֶּ סַ ח after repay the loan, and thanked him. when I did not say it, I was chastised. What am I your daily actions? When you daven or learn Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Henoch Yakov Scherer, Yonason Singer; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Dovid Heinemann, Simcha Levovitz, Moshe Rozen; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Dov Gothelf; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX. R' Yeruchem chastised him, “Does supposed to do?” with enthusiasm, the people around you may Grade 7 – Yaakov Shalom Adler, Shmaryahu Yosef Bandman, Yishaya Chaim Bar Dea, Eliyahu Borenstein, Yosef Eisen, Nesanel Eisenberg, Aryeh Feder, Shlomo Yehuda Are you R' Yeruchem answered him, “It may be uplifted and change forever. Finkler, Eliyahu Friedman, Shimon Kalazan, Yaakov Kaplan, Elazar Katz, Meir Liazadeh, Eliezer Dovid Lieberman, Shaya London, Yechiel Pesach Michaeli, Eliezer ?הֲ לָ כָ ה etiquette take precedence over Nelkenbaum; Mirrer Yeshiva Ketana; Shmuel Yehuda Ginsberg, Mordechai Kaplan, Eliyahu Nass; The Cheder; Menachem Manis Lang; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Yaakov יְׁהִ יַזִכְׁ רוַֹבָרוְּך! does not allow you to Chai Harari-Raful; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Eliezer Abba Meller; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Yaakov Ezra Meller; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Yosef Ozer Hirtenfeld; Yeshiva הֲ לָ כָ ה be true that the רִ בִ י ת ַ not familiar with the prohibition of Tiferes Elimelech; Yosef Greenberg; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Brooklyn, NY; Shlomo Methal; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Yehoshua Garry; Yeshivas Chofetz רֶּ בִ י Your ,בְׁ יְׁדִ ידוּת should הַ כָ רַ ת ַ הַ ט וֹ ב Thanking a lender may sometimes thank me, but the feelings of) ”? דְׁ ָ ב רִ י ם Story adapted from Power Lines by Rabbi E. Nissenbaum Chaim; Baltimore, MD; Nechemiah Kibel; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Simcha Levovitz; Yeshiva Shagas Aryeh; Lakewood, NJ; Shlomo Goldstein, Shalom Karr, Dovid Aryeh Rappaport; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Yaakov Berelowitz; Hillel Academy; Pittsburgh, PA; Ahron Shlomo Davis, Yisroel Pearlman, Aron Chaim Sharer, Moishie Sinason, Eli Spitzer; Mechina; Gateshead, UK. Grade 8 – Eliyohu Falik, Avrohom Eliezer Kaplan, Yisroel Meir Sanders; The Cheder; Nissim Harari-Raful; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Sholom Lowy; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; ,Moshe Levy, Yitzchok Lew; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Binyomin Zev Helberg; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Mayer Ozer Greenberg; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Brooklyn שְׁ ַ נ ִ י ם completed his מַ ֲ ה רַ ״ ם writes that the הַ גָּהוֹת מַ ימוֹנִית  The קְׁרִ יאַת by שְׁנ ַ י םִ מִ קְׁ רָ א וְׁ אֶ ד חָ תַ רְׁ גּ וּ ם  If one intends to complete ,when talking is forbidden. NY; Yitzchok Meir Kassin; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Yaakov Mordechai Dworkin; Yeshiva Shagas Aryeh; Lakewood, NJ; Bentzion Shacham; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic ,עֲלִיּוֹת between מִקְׁרָ אוְׁאֶחָד תַרְׁ גּוּם read the words לְׁ כַתְׁ חִ לָ ה morning, one should שַ בָ ת on הַ ת וֹ רָ ה ,NJ; Yehoshua Bodenstein, Nochum Tzvi Cohen, Aryeh Tzvi Dowek, Chaim Fleischer, Moshe Aharon Gruen, Noach Kirzner, Zevy Klein, Yaakov Kohn, Yehuda Manevich .בַ עַ ל קוֹרֵ א word by word, together with the , מִ ל הָ בְׁ מִ ָל ה .he listened intently, not saying a word. Yitzchok Zev Solomon, Meir Sonnenschein; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH קְׁרִ יאַת הַתוֹרָ ה Halacha  During

.in the context of the bigger picture. Use them as a starting point for further in-depth study הֲ לָ כ וֹ ת it is important to consider these , הֲ לָ כ וֹ ת Corner *Since we only discuss 1-3 There's a new Pirchei hotline! Call now - 718-663-0212 הִ לְ כוֹות שְׁ נַיִם מִקְ רָ א וְאֶחָ ד וּ ַ תרְ וּגווּם לע״נ ר׳ משה צבי בן הר׳ טוביה הלוי זצ״ל with Living the Torah Words That Pierce the Heaven Contest שובבי"ם The 5th Annual Pirchei í"í Simply . קִ דּ וּ שׁ ד ׳ contest. It is not too late to become a part of this amazing שׁוֹבְבִ י״ם ת״ת referring to R' Segal. This is the final week of the eight weeks of the 5th International וְעָשִׂיתָ עַלׁשּולָיו רִׂ מֹּנֵי תְ כֵלֶת וְאַרְ גָמָ ןוְתֹולַעַת ׁשָ נִׂי עַל ׁשּולָיוסָבִׂ יב ּופַעֲמֹּנֵי … student became stricken with a send a fax to 718 506 9633 or email to [email protected] signed by a parent – include your grade, name, school, city, state, contact and fax #, and יְ ׁשִׂ י בָ ה Once, a brilliant בְ תֹוכָם סָבִׂ יב. פַעֲמֹּןזָהָ בוְרִׂ מֹון … עַל ׁשּולֵי הַמְעִׂ ילסָבִׂ יב )ׁשְ מֹות כח:לג-לד(. :Below are the current contestants .מִקְרָ אוֹת גְּ דוֹלוֹת חוּמָשִׁ יםParticipants will be entered in a raffle for a beautiful set of . פָּ רָּ שָּ ה which מְ עִׂ י ל You shall make on its [the ’s] hem pomegranates of turquoise, serious illness. The boy’s parents contacted R' Segal and requested Grade 1 – Avraham Baraka, Yitzchok Baraka, Ezra Harari-Raful, Avraham Tebele; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Elimelech Fogel; Yeshiva Chaim Berlin; Shimmy Lowy; Yeshiva purple and scarlet wool, on its hem all around, and gold bells between that he pray for their son’s recovery. In the course of their Karlin Stolin; Moshe Avigdor Gelfand; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Eliyahu Levi Allakhverdov, Raphael Bilinsky, Ashi Bistricer, Shlomo Botknecht, Menachem Danziger, them, all around; a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a conversation, the parents mentioned that they had already made a Aryeh Davis, Baruch Deutsch, Nosson Zvi Diamond, Avromi Drillick, Binyomin Elkon, Simcha Feder, Reuven Ferziger, Yosef Finkelstein, Yosef Shalom Fireworker, Yona pomegranate on the hem of the robe, all around. Fischer, Shalom Friedman, Yitzchok Friedman, Dovid Yechiel Ghershenzon, Meir Ghershenzon, Moshe Herbstman, Avi Idler, Zvi Aaron Koff, Avi Korinsky, Aryeh Leib decision that their son, who had completed high school, would leave Landsberg, Uriel Lasry, Shai Ledereich, Tzvi Yehuda Lederer, Moshe Leshem, Sender Leshkowitz, Eliyahu Dovid Levy, Dovi Lewin, Binyomin Milstein, Yaakov Yosef to pursue a career. R' Segal told them, “Your son can develop Moradi, Shlomo Ridiker, Yehuda Rosenzweig, Dovi Shain, Yehuda Silberberg, Eliyahu Warman, Noam Weisel, Yaakov Weiss, Izzy Weissman, Shimon Yukhanov; Yeshiva יְ ׁשִׂ י בָ ה allude to the מְ עִׂ י ל The ringing bells on the hem of the and Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Mishael Mordechai Gantz; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Chaim Yitzchok Levy; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Yaakov Zakheim; Yeshiva ת ֹו רָ ה Dedicate him to the study of . ל תַ ְ מִׂ י ד חָ ָכ ם into an outstanding לָ ׁשֹון study. Those who are careful to avoid ת ֹו רָ ה and תְ פִׂ ָל ה sounds of Ohr Yehuda; Chaim Yeshaya Peker; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Pinchos Pinter; Yeshiva Damesek Eliezer; Lakewood, NJ; Yaakov Eliyahu Neiman, Amrom Novice; Yeshivas Kochav וְנִׁׂשְמַ ע ק ל ֹו ֹו בְ ב ֹּ א ֹו אֶ ל הַ ק ֹּ דֶ ׁש …“ ,and other forbidden talk are assured הָ רַ ע he will recover from his illness.” Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Meir Nockenofsky, Menachem Mendel Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Avi Scherer; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH. Its sound shall be heard when he enters the Sanctuary before Later that day, someone who was standing near R' Segal as Grade 2 – Moshe Amshalem, Shmuel Amshalem, Aviel Bazargan, Noam Brown, Matis Burstein, Yitzchak Gelb, Menachem Shalom Gottesman, Daniel Lelchuk, Kalmy… לִׂ פְ נֵ י ד ׳ ,I promised!” Obermeister, Chaim Yaakov Stern, Shmuel Weiss; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Avraham Haber, Moshe Lagnado, Yehuda Mograby, Yoshiyahu Mograby, David Sonanes ,רִׂ בֹונֹו לׁשֶ עֹולָם“ ,study will find he was praying heard him say תֹורָ ה that their prayers and – (כה .Hashem…” (ibid favor in Heaven. That very day, the boy’s doctor broke his leg and he was Moshe Weiss; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Shloimy Hirtenfeld; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Emanuel Babazadeh, Menachem Breuer, Yoel Boruch Czeisler, Efraim Fireworker, Avi Goldburd, Yissochor Berish Gross, Ahron Huss, Orie Joudai, Asher Katz, Shlomo Dov Kelman, Efraim Khaimov, Moshe Klein, Tzvi Landau, Azriel Laufer, Shmuel ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ replaced by another doctor who was considered less qualified. The Lebovits, Shmuel Leshkowitz, Moshe Mandelman, Binyamin Minzer, Yehuda Ridiker, Ahron Meir Safier, Eliyahu Meir Schilit, Yoseph Shafer, Avi Stroh, Nosson Eliyahu second doctor recommended a different course of treatment which Teller, Shmuel Weingarten, Hillel Werzberger, Daniel Shlomo Yifat; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Pinchas Becker, Baruch Bobker; Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Far , רֹּא ׁש י ְ ׁשִׂ י בָ ה the late Manchester , זַ צַ ״ ל R' Yehudah Zev Segal in our proved successful. The boy recovered fully, and went on to become Rockaway, NY; Amrom Weinstein; Fallsburg Cheder School, Fallsburg, NY; Shneur Aronovitch; Yeshiva Ketana of Queens; Flushing, NY; Mordechai Steinharter; Yeshiva תְ פִׂ ָל ה was referred to by the Steipler Gaon as “the pillar of Shagas Aryeh; Lakewood, NJ; Shmuel Khaver; Talmudical Academy; Baltimore, MD; Chaim Boruch Pfeffer; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Shmuel Uziel Feifer, ,Yisroel Moshe Weinberg; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Pinny Adlerstein, Yehudah Ceder, Shlomo Nosson Fishleder, Naftali Geldman, Aharon Jaspan .תַ לְמִׂ יד חָ כָ ם generation.” R' Segal invested his prayers with incredible effort and an outstanding .in our Yehoshua Mann, Avi Segal; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX תְ פִׂ ָל ה concentration. Every word was expressed with proper intent and It is not coincidental that R' Segal, “the pillar of in our generation. It Grade 3 – Yisroel Meir Ginsberg, Mordechai Nass, Chaim Yishaya Sussman, Naftali Wrotzlovsky; The Cheder; Yehoshua Berger, Adam Davydov, Eitan Ganchrow, Boruch ׁשְ מִׂ י רַ ת הַ ָ ל ׁש ֹו ן When generation,” was also the pillar of . ׁשַ חַ רִׂ י ת enunciated clearly. Once, R' Segal fainted while reciting Goldfein, Tzvi Simcha Harmen, Yehoshuah Katz, Dani Kertzner, Azriel Meir Malek, Yonah Moster, Rafi Mostofsky, Eliyahu Meir Simon; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Yitzchock he regained consciousness, those attending him asked him at what was R' Segal who developed a daily learning schedule that is used Harari-Raful, Eliyahu Nakash; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Yisroel Kaplan, Yitzchok Lowy; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Avrohom Chaim Toplan; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; point in his davening he had fainted. R' Segal indicated that it was world-wide for the study of the laws and concepts of guarding one’s Binyomin Greenberg; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Chaim Aschendorf, Chaim Bash, Efrayim Cohn, Moshe Cywiak, Nossi Finkelstein, Simcha Fireworker, Binyomin Zev Even after having fainted, tongue from forbidden speech. In fact, R' Segal requested that he be Florans, Avi Grossberger, Aharon Itzkowitz, Shalom Kelman, Chaim Lederer, Yechiel Yehuda Minzer, Yonatan Dovid Moradi, Effie Neuman, Avrohom Aharon Perl, Aryeh . לְ קֵ -ל עֶלְיֹון and תְ ל הִׂ ֹו ת between the words Pollak, Chagai Saadon, Yitzchak Schlaff, Avrohom Silbert, Mordechai Slomovics, Dovid Tessler, Aaron Avrohom Vaiselberg, Nesanel Chaim Vaiselberg, Avi Weiss, Moshe ;calendar, saying, “This is my passport to Werzberger, Dovi Worenklein, Nosson Meir Yaiche; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Levi Berkowitz; Fallsburg Cheder School; Fallsburg, NY; Yaakov Zev Greenfield ׁשְ י מִׂ רַ ת הַ ָ ל ׁש ֹו ן he could recall clearly which word he had said and which he had not, buried with his Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim; Avi Abramson, Yitzchok Attar, Yakov Belsky, Avrohom Shmuel Edelman, Mordechai Esrig, Yehuda Garfunkel, Yaakov Chaim Goldman, Yaakov ”.עֹולָם הַ בָא .for no word was uttered without intense concentration Those who were privileged to observe him as he prayed Virtually everyone who brought his personal suffering to R' Morgenstern, Zev Portnoy, Meir Moshe Sinaei; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Moshe Lasar; Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion; Edison, NJ; Avraham Rupp; Yeshiva Even Yisroel; Yaakov Yisroel Peker; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Dovid Barkin, Shloimy Birnbaum, Dovid Braun, Tzvi Yehuda Eisen, Binyomin Zev Friedman, Noach Globerman, Eliyohu Goldberg, Shmuel Metzger, Yaakov Reuven Ort; Yeshiva Toras Aron; Avrohom Eliezer Eckstein, Binyomin Brisk, Binyomin Zorach Feder, Eliyahu Yurkansky; Yeshiva ׁשְ מִׂ י רַ ת would say that they would consider it a great accomplishment if their Segal’s door was advised to strengthen himself in the area of ;When someone would joyfully report that his/her problem was Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Refoel Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Yehuda Leibowitz; Hillel Academy; Pittsburgh, PA; Yehuda Zev Markowitz; Torah Day School . הַ לָ ׁש ֹו ן ׁשְ מ ֹו ֶ נ ה was like R' Segal’s typical weekday יֹום כִׂ פּור prayer on נְ עִׂ ילָ ה .who Dallas, TX , חָ פֵ ץ חַ יִׂ י ם with heartfelt tears as he prayed solved, R' Segal would say that it was the merit of the ׁשְ מֹונֶה עֶשְרֵ ה He uttered every . ֶ ע שְ רֵ ה Grade 4 – Moshe Dahan, Yehuda Obermeister, Zev Yankovich, Moishe Zimmerman; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Aharon Taibi; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Noach Shain; Yeshiva ,that had brought about Ketana of Bensonhurst; Moshe Ariel, Shmuel Eliezer Baumann, Moshe Bentzion Blum, Moshe Brachfeld, Yudi Breuer, Shlomo Czeiler, Yechezkel Drillick, Yisrael Drillick , ׁשְ י מִׂ רַ ת הַ ָ ל ׁש ֹו ן for the needs of individuals and for the Jewish people as a whole. authored the classic texts on Thousands of Jews around the world sought R' Segal’s the salvation. Others, however, felt that it was the combination of the Mayer Farkas, Shimi Fireworker, Aaron Fried, Dovid Friedman, Yisrael Yehuda Haas, Noach Hammer, Mendy Herbstman, Shmuel Hirsch, Aharon Horowitz, Isser Zalmen whose Itzkowitz, Nosson Tzvi Kamins, Dovi Katz, Zisha Katzenstein, Yechiel Ledereich, Zevi Leshkowitz, Avrohom Zev Levitin, Akiva Lieberman, Mordechai Neuman, Ahron , רֹּא ׁש י ְ ׁשִׂ י בָ ה s merit and the merit of the Manchester’ חָ פֵ ץ חַ יִׂ י ם would ד׳ blessings and prayers because they were convinced that Years ago, when a young man told R' Oberlander, Avrohom Mordechai Paneth, Yaakov Paneth, Dovid Rubenstein, Yisroel Silberberg, Yaacov Weiss, Sruli Yifat; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Motti . צַ דִׂ י ק fulfill the will of this great so very Berkowitz, Mordechai Edelson, Avrohom Felder, Elimelech G. Hendler, Yehuda Leib Kalatsky, Yossi Weinstein; Fallsburg Cheder School, Fallsburg, NY; Moshe Dovid תְ פִׂ ָל ה avoidance of forbidden speech made his words of that a relative of his was seriously ill, R' Moshe powerful. Berger; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Shauli Brandman, Eli Cohen, Feivel Cohen, Binyomin Dafner, Shmuel Hollander, Avi Lubowsky, Noam Nudell, Aron Tzvi זַ צַ ״ ל Moshe Feinstein responded, “There is a Jew in Manchester who can help you.” He was Adapted from: Shabbos Stories (with kind permission from ArtScroll) Papoff, Simcha Perlman, Zevy Pinkus, Moshe Reiss, Moshe Wolf, Meir Zucker; Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi; Chicago, IL; Elimelech Friedman, Yehuda Grunwald, Gavriel Mirkin, Simcha Neuberger; Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim; Avrohom Alter Atlas, Dovi Feldman, Elimelech Friedman, Yehuda Grunwald, Binyamin Kroll, Moishe Rosen, Yisroel Meir Shoub, Avraham Shmuel Victor; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Tzvi Aryeh Altschuller, Shmuel Dovid Friedman, Mordechai Shlomo Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Yosef Yitzchok Baras, Shragi Mann, Dovid Simcha Pfeffer, Aaron Pressman, Yossi Scherer, Azriel Singer, Chaim Weinrib; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Yossi Dessler, Azaria Feldman, Mayer Gancz, Dovid Goldman, Shlomo Goldstein, Yishai Wolf; Hebrew Academy of Cleveland; Chaim Feifer, Meir Klugmann; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Yisroel Leibowitz; Hillel Academy; Pittsburgh, PA; Chaim Katz, David Nachman Robinov, Lev Shalom Sagal, Naftali Skaist; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX; Shimon Ehrentrau; Kesser Torah; Gateshead, UK. FocusonMiddos Grade 5 – Chaim Mordechai Ginsberg, Meir Nass; The Cheder; Avi Getter, Chaim Sholom Katz, Dovi Lerner, Zevi Melcer, Yakov Asher Moster, Tzvi Muller; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Daniel Cohen, Yissachar Harari-Raful; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Boruch Kaplan; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Yehuda Goldstein, Eliyohu Helberg, Nosson Feitel Hirtenfeld, Dear Talmid, constitute a prohibited form of paying interest). be so strong that I should be able to see you Eliyohu Waldman; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Shmuel Dovid Anflick, Menachem Mendel Berniker, Yehuda Geller, Moshe Shmuel Guttman, Ari Korsinsky, Yaacov Yehuda Kramer, Yerachmiel Lasker, Dov Levy, Dovi Mendelovitz, Yakov Perl, Yosef Menachem Smith, Moshe Yehoshua Stern, Dovi Werner, Shmuel Werzberger; Yeshiva Torah ,once related The following year, R' Schwab again struggling not to verbalize it. I don’t see that Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Chaim Dov Ber Eckstein, Yitzchok Tzvi Jurkansky, Yisroel Moskovitz; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Shmuel Alexander Eichenstein, Ahron Hirsch , זַ צַ ״ ל ,R' Shimon Schwab for a loan. This time, struggle!” Avraham Katz, Azriel Musman, Zecharia Oratz; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok, Baltimore, MD; Elazar Freedman; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Yonason Aryeh מַ שְׁ גִ י חַ ַ the following incident from his early years as a approached the Aron, Shimon Belsky, Yisroel Friedman, Aryeh Leib Hunger, Shmuel Dovid Katz, Yechiel Aryeh Klugmann, Michoel Lerman, Yaakov Moshe Margulies, Aaron Paperman, there are many ways other Eliyahu Meir Rappaport, Moshe Chaim Rechanik, Moshe Zev Rokowsky, Moshe Rozen, Mayer Zelig Simon, Yehuda Leib Solomon, Yosef Sommer, Menachem , ל תַ ְׁ מִ י ד student in Mir Yeshiva in Poland. however, when he returned, he repaid the loan My He planned to visit his parents’ home without saying a word. than speech that express how you feel. Your Wainbrand, Tzvi Wenger; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Chananel Abrams; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX. Grade 6 – Moshe Choueka, Boruch Leib Leiser; The Cheder; Michael Levy, Avraham Netanel; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Azaria Toplan; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; As was customary, he Again, R' Yeruchem chastised him, “Is body language can speak volumes — often Yosef Friedman, Eli Weichselbaum; Yeshiva Ohr Shraga; Daniel Suval; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Yaakov Czeisler, Adiel Duchovny, Aryeh Fingerer, Shmuel Frank, Yitzchok . פֶּ סַ ח in Frankfurt for louder than the spoken word. Your friends will Herskovich, Zev Katz, Ami Ledereich, Shuli Lowy, Yitzy Merav, Refael Oberlander, Yoni Solomon; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Nachie Berger; Yeshiva Darchei ”? הַ כָ רַ ת ַ הַ ט וֹ ב R' Yeruchem Levovitz there no , מַ שְׁ גִ י חַ ַ approached the for a loan to buy a ticket. Upon returning R' Schwab was quite perturbed. look at your actions for direction and Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Yehuda Schwartz; Yeshiva Beth Mikroh; Monsey, NY; Shloimy Weber; Yeshiva RJJ; Staten Island, NY; Shalom David Behmanesh; Yeshivas , זַ צַ ״ ל Chofetz Chaim; Elazar Moradian; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Eliezer Cohen, Ezra Kassin, Shimmy Zweiback; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Shmuel Frank, to “When I said thank you, I was chastised, and encouragement. Do you realize the power of Yechezkel Yehuda Sher; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Chesky Chomsky, Aryeh Leib Krasner; Yeshiva Toras Aron; Asher Yeshaya Knopfler, Binyomin Schustal; Yeshiva Toras מַ שְׁ גִ י חַ ַ R' Shimon went over to the , פֶּ סַ ח after repay the loan, and thanked him. when I did not say it, I was chastised. What am I your daily actions? When you daven or learn Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Henoch Yakov Scherer, Yonason Singer; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Dovid Heinemann, Simcha Levovitz, Moshe Rozen; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Dov Gothelf; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX. R' Yeruchem chastised him, “Does supposed to do?” with enthusiasm, the people around you may Grade 7 – Yaakov Shalom Adler, Shmaryahu Yosef Bandman, Yishaya Chaim Bar Dea, Eliyahu Borenstein, Yosef Eisen, Nesanel Eisenberg, Aryeh Feder, Shlomo Yehuda Are you R' Yeruchem answered him, “It may be uplifted and change forever. Finkler, Eliyahu Friedman, Shimon Kalazan, Yaakov Kaplan, Elazar Katz, Meir Liazadeh, Eliezer Dovid Lieberman, Shaya London, Yechiel Pesach Michaeli, Eliezer ?הֲ לָ כָ ה etiquette take precedence over Nelkenbaum; Mirrer Yeshiva Ketana; Shmuel Yehuda Ginsberg, Mordechai Kaplan, Eliyahu Nass; The Cheder; Menachem Manis Lang; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Yaakov יְׁהִ יַזִכְׁ רוַֹבָרוְּך! does not allow you to Chai Harari-Raful; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Eliezer Abba Meller; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Yaakov Ezra Meller; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Yosef Ozer Hirtenfeld; Yeshiva הֲ לָ כָ ה be true that the רִ בִ י ת ַ not familiar with the prohibition of Tiferes Elimelech; Yosef Greenberg; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Brooklyn, NY; Shlomo Methal; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Yehoshua Garry; Yeshivas Chofetz רֶּ בִ י Your ,בְׁ יְׁדִ ידוּת should הַ כָ רַ ת ַ הַ ט וֹ ב Thanking a lender may sometimes thank me, but the feelings of) ”? דְׁ ָ ב רִ י ם Story adapted from Power Lines by Rabbi E. Nissenbaum Chaim; Baltimore, MD; Nechemiah Kibel; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Simcha Levovitz; Yeshiva Shagas Aryeh; Lakewood, NJ; Shlomo Goldstein, Shalom Karr, Dovid Aryeh Rappaport; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Yaakov Berelowitz; Hillel Academy; Pittsburgh, PA; Ahron Shlomo Davis, Yisroel Pearlman, Aron Chaim Sharer, Moishie Sinason, Eli Spitzer; Mechina; Gateshead, UK. Grade 8 – Eliyohu Falik, Avrohom Eliezer Kaplan, Yisroel Meir Sanders; The Cheder; Nissim Harari-Raful; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Sholom Lowy; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; ,Moshe Levy, Yitzchok Lew; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Binyomin Zev Helberg; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Mayer Ozer Greenberg; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Brooklyn שְׁ ַ נ ִ י ם completed his מַ ֲ ה רַ ״ ם writes that the הַ גָּהוֹת מַ ימוֹנִית  The קְׁרִ יאַת by שְׁנ ַ י םִ מִ קְׁ רָ א וְׁ אֶ ד חָ תַ רְׁ גּ וּ ם  If one intends to complete ,when talking is forbidden. NY; Yitzchok Meir Kassin; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Yaakov Mordechai Dworkin; Yeshiva Shagas Aryeh; Lakewood, NJ; Bentzion Shacham; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic ,עֲלִיּוֹת between מִקְׁרָ אוְׁאֶחָד תַרְׁ גּוּם read the words לְׁ כַתְׁ חִ לָ ה morning, one should שַ בָ ת on הַ ת וֹ רָ ה ,NJ; Yehoshua Bodenstein, Nochum Tzvi Cohen, Aryeh Tzvi Dowek, Chaim Fleischer, Moshe Aharon Gruen, Noach Kirzner, Zevy Klein, Yaakov Kohn, Yehuda Manevich .בַ עַ ל קוֹרֵ א word by word, together with the , מִ ל הָ בְׁ מִ ָל ה .he listened intently, not saying a word. Yitzchok Zev Solomon, Meir Sonnenschein; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH קְׁרִ יאַת הַתוֹרָ ה Halacha  During