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This week's Pirchei Weekly is sponsored In honor of the bar mitzvah of Yossi Zyskind with Living the Torah One More Hello … מֵאֵ ת כָּל אִ ישׁ ראֲשֶׁׁ יִדְּ בֶּׁנוּ לִבּוֹ … )שְּׁ מוֹת כה:ב( … From every man whose heart motivates him … “But isn’t the shul closed?” asked R' Geldwerth. thought that they would fill any shortfall in the “Ever since our shul closed,” Izzy said, “I drive twice a week ְּנ שִ י אִ י ם The ”.but they had totally to the shul in Liberty in my truck , מִ שְּׁ כ ָּ ן collections for the building of the underestimated the generosity and kindheartedness of some of the “But this shul seems so clean … ” said R' Geldwerth. “And ordinary people. what about the Ezras Torah calendar on the back wall? I see it’s ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ turned to the right page for this month. Who does that? What is the One evening in 1975, the staff of Camp Kol Rina met to story of this shul?” explore some innovations in their summer program. A staff member Izzy sighed. “In 1907 my father came with our family from boys’ camp in England. “We have a the town of Suvalk (Lithuania) to America. In those days, there were אַ ג וּ דָּ ה in the מַדְּ רִ י ְך had been a מִ נ י ְּ ָּ ן Day,” he said. “Every bunk more than 30 farms owned by in the area and there was a קִ ד וּ שׁ הַ שֵׁ ם special day every summer called each boy on his own level.” The staff three times a day, as everyone took turns davening on different farms — קִ ד וּ שׁ הַ שֵׁ ם tries to make a liked the idea, and they implemented it. on a rotating basis. After a while, my father said that it’s not right that to staff we don’t have a regular shul to daven in. He was a carpenter, so one שִׁ ע וּ רִ י ם gave שַׁ ילִ טָּ " א That summer, R' Hillel David .Upon day, he and I began building this shul. We finished in 1912 . רֶׁ ֵ בּ ײִ ם was one of the שַׁ ילִ טָּ " א members. R' Lipa Geldwerth here every single day, throughout WWI, the מִ נ י ְּ ָּ ן Day, R' David said to R' Geldwerth, “We had a קִ ד וּ שׁ הַ שֵׁ ם hearing the idea of “There is a shul here that I often drive by. It’s always locked with rusty Depression, until WWII. During the war, many of the young boys were ,Afterwards . מִ נ י ְּ ָּ ן chains and looks as if it hasn’t been used in years. I think it would be a drafted into the army and it got harder to have a in that shul one more time. many boys didn’t make it back, and some who did were no longer מִ נ י ְּ ָּ ן beautiful thing if there could be a Perhaps we could clean it up, or even make some repairs, and daven religious and didn’t care to come to shul. So we struggled with the The last time we . שַׁ בָּּ ת only on מִ נ י ְּ ָּ ן Then we could have a . מִ נ י ְּ ָּ ן R' Geldwerth agreed that it was a fine daily ”. קִ ד וּ שׁ הַ שֵׁ ם there. It would be a on Shabbos was in 1955. Since then, the shul is open only מִ נ י ְּ ָּ ן idea and enlisted the oldest bunk to carry it out. had a for the party.” Izzy was — פּ וּ רִ י ם and on ,יוֹם כִ פּוּר R' Geldwerth located the man who had the shul’s keys. On twice a year — on the appointed morning, R' David, R' Geldwerth, the boys of the oldest embarrassed to reveal that the shul he loved was not even open on . רֺא שׁ הַ שָּׁ נ ָּ ה bunk, and a few older men from the area all came to the shul. One man wore a homemade cardboard yarmulke, another was wearing “But the shul is so clean! … And what about the calendar?” while a third sat bewildered staring blankly at an Izzy felt self-conscious. “You see,” he began slowly, “I am ,תְּ פִ ילִין שֶׁׁ ל יַד only his I come here and wipe בעֶׁרֶׁ רֺאשׁ חוֹדֶׁ שׁ the only one with the keys. Every . סִ ד וּ ר old Then, before I .אָּ רוֹן קוֹדֶׁ שׁ off all the dust from the tables, chairs and טַ לִ י ת wore his , סִ ד וּ ר However, Izzy Brooks, who had his own as though he put them on daily and was totally familiar leave, I turn the page on the calendar to the right month. I do תְּ פִ ילִין and רִ בּוֹנוֹ לשֶׁׁ עוֹלָּם Izzy it because this is the place where G-d lives. You see, the .בַּ עַ ל תְּ פִ לָּ ה with the davening. R' Geldwerth asked him to serve as ”.R' Geldwerth approached Izzy, still has His soldiers , שַׁ ֲ ח רִ י ת readily accepted. After training. Yet, his dignified care and שִׁיְּ י בָּ ה complimenting him on his davening. Izzy told him that he had not Izzy Brooks lacked .s dwelling place in this world is a lesson for us all’הקב״ה concern for , ת וֹ רָּ ה when they read from the , מִ נ י ְּ ָּ ן missed a Monday or Thursday since the First World War! Adapted from: Refections of the Maggid (with kind permission from ArtScroll)

He somehow found his way to the local police he would stay on the boat unless a gentile station and explained his predicament to the could assist him. The priest got the message. Dear Talmid, desk sergeant. He then requested permission Together they walked through the streets with s’ רָּ ב not to sleep in one of the cells. Respectful of the the priest leading the way. He carried the גָּ אוֹן was a , זַ צַ ״ ל ,R' Shammai Zahn and checked him in at a תְ פִ ִ ל י ן and טַ לִ י ת ,for his smiling Rabbi, the British policeman allowed R’ luggage מְ סִ י רַ ת ֶנ ֶפ שׁ just in his learning but in his .Beginning in 1951, he would to Zahn to spend the night in a prison cell. local hotel . תַ ְל מִ י דִ י ם R’ Zahn’s beautiful heart , תַ ְל מִ י ד On another occasion, R’ Zahn was My תַ ְל מִ י דִ י ם journey to Morocco in order to bring קִ דּ וּ שׁ was able to create a מְ סִ י רַ ת ֶנ ֶפ שׁ in and pure שִׁיְ י בָּ ה to the yeshiva. He dedicated himself to these returning from collecting for the and win over the heart of anyone he met. He ד׳ summer Scandinavia. The seas were rough, and due to , פֶ סַ ח סְ דָּ רִ י ם and arranged their תַ ְל מִ י דִ י ם מִ דּוֹת טוֹבוֹת he learned and his ת וֹ רָּ ה camps, wardrobes and even their weekly heavy storms, the return trip was very slow and lived the pocket money. rocky. His boat finally arrived on Friday not long were his hallmark. Is it any wonder that he was to produce some of the greatest and most זוֹכֶ ה had begun. He remained standing on שַׁ בָּ ת R' Zahn was once collecting for the after ?from England מַ רְ בִ י י צֵ ת וֹ רָּ ה in a nearby town, West-Hartlepool, the deck of the boat, unable to remove his famous שִׁיְ י בָּ ה יְהִ יזִכְ רוֹ בָּרוְּך! England. He finished his door-to-door collection luggage. A local priest passed by and asked why רֶ בִ י Your ,בְ יְדִ ידוּת late at night. He had no car, the last train he did not disembark. R’ Zahn then explained that were pertinent regarding A letter from a Rebbi based on interviews שַׁ בָּ ת of הֲ לָּ כוֹת returning to Sunderland had left earlier in the the and said that מְ ל אָּ כ וֹ ת ה וֹ צָּ אָ ה ,תְ חוּם שַׁ בָּת , מֻ קְ צֶ ה .day and all the hotels were closed for the night

שְ נ ַּ ִ י ם מִ קְ רָ א וְ אֶ חָ ד explains that the main purpose of שְ ָל " ה  The . ת וֹ רָ ה is read to understand the meaning of the תַּ רְ גּ וּ ם  The within תַּרְ יַּ"ג מִצְ וֹת is to count and learn about any of the תַּ רְ גּ וּ ם Therefore, it is important to understand difficult words must be read as it is מִ צְ וֹ ת without any סִ דְ רָ ה Even a . סִ דְ רָ ה the . מַּ ֲע בִ י ר סִ דְ רָ ה Halacha when being .of the counting חֵ לֶ ק and is considered a מִ צְ ָו ה still part of this

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Grade 2 — Meir Nass, Nesanel Neuhaus, The Cheder; Yissachar Harari-Raful, Grade 6 – Yidela Lebowitz, Bais Yitzchok; Yosef Chaim Harari-Raful, Tiferes Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Chaim Auerbach, Yonatan Rand, Eliyahu Schoenfeld, Elimelech; Pinchas Ozeri, Yeshiva Ateret Torah; Pinchas Kohanteb, Shmuel Yakov Asher Moster, Avi Hillelsohn, Rafi Koshanfer, Zevi Melcer, Tzvi Muller, Elbaum, Yeshiva Chaim Berlin; Yosef Gold, Mirrer Yeshiva K’tana; Shaul Kadin, Matan Verschleiser, Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Tuvia Yaakov Aufrichtig, Yeshiva Meir Weinfeld, Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Yedidya Grant, Yosef Yitzchok Glassman, Ketana of Bensonhurst; Moshe Shmuel Guttman, Ari Korsinsky, Shuie Lang, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath; Brooklyn, NY; Mordechai Levenberg, Yosef Zonana, Shmuel Werzberger, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath; Brooklyn, NY; Moshe Royhanian, Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Yossie Pollack, Eliyahu Gutman, Yeshaya Fund, Reuven Yeshiva Spring Valley, Monsey, NY; Yaakov Mordechai Shacham, Clifton Cheder, Kassin, Nosson Zecharia Green, Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Mordechai Rapaport, Clifton, NJ; Avrohom Chaim Sperka, Yeshiva M’kor Baruch, Passiac, NJ; Yaakov Lakewood Cheder School; Lakewood, NJ; Moshe Markowitz, Shmuel Weiss, Slansky, Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, Baltimore, MD; Yehuda Leib Solomon, Yeshiva Binyomin Gutlove, Yeshiva M’kor Baruch, Passaic, NJ; Binyamin Zev Lasar, Tuvia Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Yitzi Bulman, South Bend Hebrew Day School, Simcha Weiss, Yeshiva Shaare Tzion, Edison, NJ; Hershy Friedman, Clifton South Bend, IN; Avrohom Dov Weinberg, Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi, Chicago, IL; Alter Cheder, Clifton NJ; Calev Garry, Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, Baltimore, MD; Zev Chanoch Henach Shaffren, Toras Emes Academy — Miami, N. 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Torah; Yitzi Basch, Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Boruch Leib Leisir, The Cheder; Grade 7 – Chaim Lasker, Yeshiva Chaim Berlin; Yaakov Gold, Yehuda Ze’ev Brooklyn, NY; Michel Barenbaum, RJJ, Staten Island, NY; Tzvi Samet, Pinchas Boiangiu, Avraham Yehuda Eisenberg, Ephraim Eisenberg, Yehuda Itzkowitz, Orzel, Yeshiva Beth Mikroh, Monsey, NY; Shmuel Mandelbaum, Yeshiva M’kor Yisroel Meir Greisman, Moshe Klein, Moshe Lichtenstein, Avi Lieberman, Tzvi Baruch, Passiac, NJ; Avrohom Rothenberg, Clifton Cheder, Clifton, NJ; Chaim Eliezer Mandelbaum, Moshe Yosef Messner, Moshe Yisroel Selengut, Shmuli Sternheim, Yisroel Shabsi Schepansky, Beirish Pinter, Yeshiva Toras Aron; Ezra Silverberg, Benyomin Simonovsky, Shmuely Laniado, Mirrer Yeshiva K’tana; Kassin, Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Mordechai Meir Heinemann, Yeshiva Orchos Simcha Meir Friedman, Yeshiva Ohr Shraga; Yehudah Auerbach, Zvi Cagan, Chaim; Lakewood, NJ; Cobi Scherer, Cincinnati Hebrew Day School, Cincinnati, Moshe Farhi, Eli Feuchtwanger, Gershom Gorbulsky, Naftali Hollander, Leiby OH; Dovid Heinemann, Yaakov Klein, Yeshivas Derech HaTorah, Wickliffe, OH; Mutterperl, Michoel Lang, Yeshurun Sorscher, Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Brooklyn, Aron Shlomo Davis, Kesser Torah, Gateshead, UK. NY; Pinchos Libman, Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Far Rockaway, NY; Boruch Grade 4 — Gabriel Alouieh, Yaakov Harari-Raful, Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Dovi Heinemann, Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Yechezkel Zweiback, Mordechai Gertz, Hirsch, Boruch Greenwald, Avi Lazar, Tzviki Zahav, Avromy Leshkowitz, Daniel Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Lakewood, NJ; Yehoshua Reidler, Torah Institute of Zelman, Shmuel Perlman, Aharon Plotsker, Shmuel Mordechai Kramer, Moshe Baltimore, Baltimore, MD; Anshie Seligson, Yoseif Dov Abraham, South Bend Itzkowitz, Zvi Elimelech Levitin, Chanoch Harrel, Yehuda Landy, Yitzi Lang, Yitzy Hebrew Day School, South Bend, IN; Binyomin Levitansky, Avrohom Chaim Furst, Minzer, Noam Zarinmanesh, Aryeh Leib Silberberg, Yehuda Travitsky, Sruly Menachem Levitansky, Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi; Yaakov Friedman, Yeshiva Ohr Schwartz, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath; Yitzchok Mandel, Eliyahu Nass, The Cheder; Baruch; Chicago, IL; Tzvi Schnurman, Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH. Shmuel Aharon Rabinowitz, Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Shmuel Gorbulsky, Grade 8 — Yosef Chaim Harari-Raful, Tiferes Elimelech; Brooklyn, NY; Aaron Eliezer Halberstam, Mordechai Dovid Beylus, Menachem Manis Lang, Moshe Cohen, Yaakov Shalom Dick, Moshe Drucker, Naftali Tzvi Gruen, Eliyahu Elbaz, Gelb, Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Elazar Bienenstock, Elchonon Hertz, Yitzchok Kahn, Yerucham Gorelick, Shlomo Elimelech Katz, Aharon Noach Laskin, Chaim Tzvi Baruch Itzkowitz, Avrohom Lenchitz, Chaim Aryeh Kupfer, Avrohom Yaakov Levin, Yisroel Meir Manevich, Shimon Moskovitch, Aryeh Leib Roberts, Yisroel Zev Lasker, Falik Obermeister, Yaakov Perlow, Shlomo Starshefsky, Tzadok Stender, Scheinbaum, Reuven Schwartz, Pesach Yitzchok Skorski, Shmuel Yehuda Zidele, Yitzchok Fruchthandler, Yeshiva Chaim Berlin; Noach Aryeh Schechter, Talmud Pinchas Yosef Weinberg, Pesach Yitzchok Yeganeh, Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Torah Siach Yitzchak; Aaron Tauber, Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Brooklyn, NY; Cleveland, OH; Yaakov Bulman, Shmuel Samber, Avigdor Leman, South Bend Binyamin Brunner, Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Far Rockaway, NY; Elazar Klahr, Hebrew Day School, South Bend, IN; Refael Neihaus, Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi, Yeshiva Spring Valley, Monsey, NY; Daniel Berger, Avromi Greebel, Avrohom Chicago, IL; Yisroel Meir Kahn, Yeshiva M’kor Boruch, Passaic, NJ.

לע״נ ר׳ משה בן הר׳ טוביה הלוי זצ״ל בס״ד Learning from our Leaders Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of America

A certain newly appointed Rosh Yeshiva once came to the Bais Go to his house Yisroel’s tisch on Friday night. He was honored by having his and tell him that you name called out, and seemed appreciative. Afterwards, the heard me express my Rebbe, R’ Yisroel Alter; his Gabbai (attendant and assistant), distress to the gabbai R’ Binke, and his Shaliach (who was sent on missions for the over the fact that he hadn’t Rebbe), R’ Kleinlehrer, went home. announced his name with proper respect. Tell him that I apologize! Reb Leizer Moishe was recently appointed Rosh Yeshiva. When you announced his name, you said, ‘Leizer Moishe,’ like everyone else! True, that’s the custom among chassidim, but he might have felt bad. We need to fix it…

Rebbe, it is R’ Kleinlehrer followed the Rebbe’s instructions and knocked on the Rosh Yeshiva’s front door. quite late… perhaps No, I’m sure the Rosh Yeshiva has he hasn’t gone to already gone to sleep yet. Go, and Oy! Is The Rebbe sent me bed? then report back to everything all to clarify that the Gabbai’s me. right? How can I calling out names without titles assist the Rebbe’s is a Gerrer minhag. The Rebbe shaliach? realized that this may seem offensive to a Rosh Yeshiva, and apologizes. Oh, thank you! I am so pleased and impressed with the Rebbe’s sensitivity.

R’ Kleinlehrer came back to the Rebbe and found him with a broad smile on his face. Shoin, now he’s sleeping well! Oy, how easy this was Nu, was Rebbe was right. to rectify!... It is he sleeping He was awake and forbidden to hurt already? was very pleased people’s feelings. to hear the Rebbe’s explanation.

was born ,ר׳ אַברהם מרדכי (אמרי אמת) וחיה ראָדע יהוּדית third son of ,ר׳ ישראל אַלתר זצ״ל in Gora Kalwaria, . Until the age of ten, he learned under his grandfather, At his .עלּוּי and was already recognized as an ,(שפת אמת the) ר׳ יהוּדה אַריה לײבּ זצ״ל ,They married in 1910. In 1940 .חיה שרה ,he became engaged to his cousin ,בר מצוה ,(בית ישראל) ר׳ ישראל ,along with his sons ארץ ישראל escaped to אמרי אמת the s wife and children’ר׳ ישראל .(פני מנחם) ר׳ פינחס מנחם and (לב שמחה) ר׳ שמחה בּוּנים Weinfeld. After פערל He remarried in 1948 to .הי״ד ,perished while trying to escape ,he assumed the mantle of leadership. For the next 29 years ,פטירה his father’s חסידוּת to rebuild Gerrer זוֹכה he was ,פשטוּת with his unusual caring, brilliance and .אגוּדת ישראל of מוֹעצת גדוֹלי התּוֹרה and was a major force in the ב’ אדר For any inquiries or comments please feel free to call 347-838-0869 • Illustrated by: Yishaya Suval www.leilshishi.com 5655 - 5737 1894 - 1977 .חזרת הש״ץ or קדיש, קריאת התורה Please do not read this publication during .עַל ּפִי הַלָכָ ה Please be careful to handle this sheet in the proper manner as required