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Parshas Devarim

Everyone Was Spoken to On Their Own Level Moshe Was Able to Speak to Bnei Yisroel Because He Did Not Speak Egyptian Sefer Devarim Represents Tefillin Shel Yad Moshe Praised The People For Accepting His Rebuke Don’t Criticize Others When You Should Improve Yourself Don’t Publicize The Sins of Others The Importance of Learning Mussar Moshe Appeased The People After Chastising Them Blessings Are Hinted To in The Curses The Sins That Turned Into Merits On Shabbos, We Receive 1,000 Lights One Should Fear Them Like He Would a King One Who Recognizes Hashem With Live With Joy

Bais Hametzarim Sinas Chinam Delays The Redemption/Ahavas Yisroel/Love Every Jew Like Yourself/Loving One’s Fellow Jew Leads to Loving Hashem/Many Mitzvos Are Dependent on Loving One’s Fellow Jew/One Can Fulfill This Mitzvah at All Tomes/ What Does Hashem Ask of Us?/The Reason The Yeitzer Hara Fights So Hard Against This Mitzvah/Giving a Poor Man One’s Cow/Do It Yourself, Rather Than Through a Messenger/One Who Fulfills It Will Avoid All Punishment/He is Called Holy/Loving One’s Fellow Jew Brings All Blessings/The Power of Ahavas Yisroel/ Moshe Rabenu Merited All His Greatness Through Ahavas Yisroel

Shabbos Chazon To Rejoice on This Shabbos

The Yahrzeit of The Chozeh of Zy”a – 9 Av

The Merit of Seeing His Face/The World Crowned Him as The /How to Merit Hashem’s Salvation/ One Who Is Shamed And Does Not Response Is Rewarded in Both Worlds/The First Time in the Magid’s Presence/Davening With Trembling/Davening for Gashmius/Not to Rely on Ruach Hakodesh/Hashem Saves When we Are Blessed/Shevet Hamussar From Shomayim/Ein K’Elokeinu/ Send Out Men/He Lowers The Mighty and Raises The Downtrodden/The Terrible Sin of Haughtiness/Unity Helps Our Prayers/Unity Leads to Serenity/His Table Reaches The City of /The Recital of “Vehu Rachum” The Way of Emunah 3

Parshas Devarim ֵא ֶּלה ַהְּד ָבִרים ֲאשׁ ֶ ר ִּד ֶּבר משׁ ֶ ה ֶאל ָּכל ִי ְשׂ ָר ֵאל ְּב ֵע ֶבר ַהַּיְר ֵּדן ַּב ִּמְד ָּבר וגו’ מוֹ ל ּסוף ֵּבין ָּפ ָארן ּו ֵבין ּת ֶֹפל ְו ָל ָבן ַו ֲח ֵצרֹת ְו ִדי ָז ָהב )א, א(. These are the words which Moshe spoke to all Yisroel on the opposite side of the Yarden in the desert, in the plain opposite the Yam Suf, between Paran and Tofel and Lavan and Chatzeros and Di Zahav.

Everyone Was Spoken to On Rav Velvel answered him, Their Own Level: “It is stated: ‘These are the words that Moshe said to all

Sefer Kisvei Rama”m of Yisroel.’ This means that relates that Rav Velvel of Moshe Rabenu said Torah Zbaraz zy”a (son of the Magid that was relevant to ‘all of of Zlotchov zy”a) once spent Yisroel’ – to each individual Shabbos Parshas Devarim on his own level. Only one in the court of the Rav who can speak in this manner zy”a. is permitted to say words of The Apta Rov asked him Torah in public.” to relate words of Torah on Friday night, and he replied, Moshe Was Able to Speak to Bnei Yisroel Because He Did “You should say.” The Not Speak Egyptian same thing occurred both on Shabbos morning and at shalosh seudos. Finally, the The Medrash (Tanchuma 2) Apta Rov asked Rav Velvel, states: Previously Moshe said “Why do you keep saying, (Shemos 4:10): “I am not a ‘You should say”? man of words.” But now it 4 Parshas Devarim

says: “These are the words Hashem then told him, “I that Moshe spoke to all of will be in your mouth.” Yisroel.” The Chasam Sofer The Chasam Sofer (in Sefer concludes by saying that this Toras Moshe) notes that this is an important lesson. If one seems to be a contradiction. cannot speak the language Was Moshe Rabenu capable of the gentiles well, he is of speaking or not? fitting to speak to all of Klal He answers by quoting the Yisroel. If a situation should verse (Shemos 6:12) where it arise where he needs to speak is related that when Hashem to non-Jewish ministers or told Moshe to speak to kings, Hashem will be with Pharaoh, Moshe says about him and will help him find the himself that he has “closed right words. But if someone is lips”. The commentators a “man of words” – a person explain this to mean that who is fluent in the gentile’s he was hesitant to speak to language and knows how to Pharaoh because he did not converse with high-ranking speak Egyptian well enough to officers – he is not fitting to converse with a king. He had speak to all of Klal Yisroel fled from Egypt as a young and teach them Torah. child (in Shemos Rabbah 5:2 Moshe was not “a man of it says that he was 12 years words”, and did not speak old when he left Egypt), and the non-Jewish language it had been 70 years since he fluently. He only spoke had spoken Egyptian. Lashon Hakodesh on a regular The Way of Emunah 5

basis. Therefore, he was able Bereishis, Shemos, Vayikroh to speak to all of Klal Yisroel and Bamidbor. and teach them Hashem’s He would add that Sefer Torah. Devarim is called by this name because it contains Sefer Devarim Represents many words of rebuke, which Tefillin Shel Yad are meant to enter our hearts and tie us in a bond with the The Sefas Emes of zy”a Torah and with Hashem. would often say that Sefer This is another reason it is Devarim represents the represented by the Tefillin Tefillin that are placed on the Shel Yad, which we tie tightly hand. near our heart. He explained that in the Tefillin Shel Yad, all four Moshe Praised The People for Accepting His Rebuke: parshios are placed together in one compartment. This is comparable to Devarim, The Kli Yakar asks the where all the parts of the following two questions: Torah are to be found. In the Why is it necessary to stress Tefillin Shel Rosh, the four that Moshe spoke to “all of parshios are placed in four Yisroel”? separate compartments. Rashi explains that the For this reason, it is posuk is listing all the places representative of the first where Klal Yisroel angered four books of the Torah – Hashem. Why would this 6 Parshas Devarim book of the Torah start off by L’Itim (Chelek 2, Drush 1) hinting to all of the people’s explains the posuk in Tehillin: sins? “Hashem, against you are all Sefer Tiferes Shmuel my desires. My sigh is not answers that the posuk is hidden from You.” We tell actually saying a great praise Hashem that it is true that for Klal Yisroel. It is relating we have animalistic urges how Moshe spoke harshly to that are against Him, but the people and listed their our “sighs are not hidden” sins, but everyone accepted – meaning that even when his words. No one rejected the we give in to our urges to act criticism or became angry. against Him, we immediately Instead, they all accepted the sigh in regret and are pained rebuke with love. by what we did. This acceptance of the For this reason, Hashem mussar, proved that everyone told Moshe that because the regretted their sins. They had people accepted his rebuke, only done aveiros because he now must bless them. they were led astray by their This is as Chazal say (Tamid urges, but their true desire 28A): “Whenever there is was always to serve Hashem. rebuke in the world, there is This is a defining trait of peacefulness and blessing Klal Yisroel. Even when they in the world.” Moshe then fall to sin, their true essence is immediately blessed them the desire to follow Hashem’s and said, “Hashem should ways. In this way, Sefer Bina increase you.” The Way of Emunah 7

This is why it says that bima and delivered a fiery Moshe spoke to “all of speech, harshly castigating Yisroel.” He was praising the people of the town for the nation for the fact that their sins. He described in not even one person was detail how the yeitzer hara unwilling to accept the was overpowering them and criticism. Therefore, they all leading them to a bitter end. deserved to be blessed. The asked him, “How did you become Don’t Criticize Other When such an expert on the tactics You Should Improve Yourself: of the yeitzer hara? After all, you have never done any Having said this, it is aveiros!” important to add that one The Magid asked, “How do should not accustom himself you know that I have never to delivering a lot of mussar done any aveiros?” and criticism to others before The Baal Shem tov replied, he has perfected himself. “Listen to what you are The general rule is that one saying. If you possess sins should first work on himself yourself, why are you looking before concerning himself for the sins in others?” with other people. It is related that a certain Don’t Publicize The Sins of Others: Magid once visited the town where the Baal Shem Tov lived. He stood by the It is related that a woman 8 Parshas Devarim once came to the home of benefits from learning the Apta Rov zy”a, wanting mussar. This is the reason to give him a “tzetel” and a Moshe spoke words of rebuke “pidyon”. and mussar to Klal Yisroel. Before she even entered Rav Yisroel Salanter zt”l (in the room, he said to her, Sefer Ohr Yisroel) explains “Yesterday, you committed the value of learning mussar such-and-such aveirah. And as follows: Experience has now you have the audacity to proven that it is possible to come to me?” serve Hashem, even on a The lady was shocked and high level, without learning upset, but she soon regained mussar. However, if one her composure and said, wants to change from bad to “Hashem knows everyone’s good without mussar, that is sins. Despite this, He does not like wanting to see without publicly shame anyone. But eyes or to hear without ears. you cannot hold yourself back He is saying that it is true from publicizing my secrets?” that one can serve Hashem The Apta Rov would later without learning mussar, but say, “No one ever outsmarted it is impossible for anyone to me besides for this lady.” change his middos from bad to good unless he studies The Importance of mussar. Learning Mussar: Similarly, the Alter of Kelm zt”l once said that if one One derives tremendous doesn’t accept upon himself The Way of Emunah 9 before Yom Kippur to learn promises. There is no way that mussar, Yom Kippur will not he can do what he vows to do atone for his sins. He quotes unless he first learnsmussar . Rav Yisroel Salanter’s words This can be compared to a that one cannot change his person who promises to jump middos without mussar, and to the moon. If he doesn’t proves from these words that have the necessary tools to if someone doesn’t accept do so, he is promising to to learn mussar, there is no do the impossible. So too, way for him to improve his if one promises to change ways. Even if he promises to his ways, unless he learns abandon all his bad practices mussar he does not have the and vows to only do good in necessary tools to do so, and the future, he lacks the ability is promising to do something to follow through on his impossible.

ה' ֱא ֵלֹקי ֲאבוֹ ֵת ֶכם ֵיֹסף ֲע ֵל ֶיכם ָּכ ֶכם ֶא ֶלף ְּפ ָע ִמים ִו ָיבֵר ְך ֶא ְת ֶכם ַּכ ֲאשׁ ֶ ר ִּד ֶּבר וגו' )א, יא( May Hashem, the G-d of your forefathers add to you a thousand times like you, and may He bless you, as He spoke…(1:11)

Moshe Appeased The People Ravrivi quotes Rav Leibele After Chastising Them: Eiger zy”a of Lublin as asking why Moshe chose to bless Sefer Klil Tiferes-Imrei Klal Yisroel specifically at 10 Parshas Devarim

this time – right after he people, he saw that they rebuked them! were saddened. He then He answers by relating a immediately blessed them story about the Chozeh of and said that Hashem should Lublin. increase their numbers a The Chozeh was once sitting thousand times “like them”. at his Friday night tish, when He was praising them and he suddenly began to rebuke saying, “If only there were himself – referring to many more people like you!” himself in very insulting and This appeased them demeaning terms. He spoke and brought them out of so insultingly about himself depression. that the chasidim couldn’t bring themselves to listen Blessings Are Hinted at In The Curses: and they slowly left, one by one. When the Chozeh saw this, Rav Tzvi Hirsch of he called out, “Hashem Munkatch zy”a (Sefer Tiferes should help you so that you Bainm) asks a question on never have a son who is the words of the posuk, “And worse than me!” may He bless you like He The chasidim were appeased, spoke” The word “dibur”, and they all came back. speaking, is always used to This is also what occurred connote harshness, whereas with Moshe Rabenu. When the words “amira” saying, he began to chastise the always indicates softness. The Way of Emunah 11

If so, it would seem more of bracha. He was showing appropriate to use this word him that he did not hate in a blessing. Why is the word him. On the contrary, he “dibur” used? blessed him to merit great He answers by quoting the sons who would light up the Gemara (Moed Katan 9B) world. He was only yelling that relates that Rav Shimon at him because he disagreed bar Yochai sent his son, Rav with his methods of serving Elazar, to get a blessing from Hashem, but he still wanted Rav Yonason ben Asmi and the best for him and desired Rav Yehuda ben Geirim. They to bless him. His blessings blessed him with words that were fulfilled and Rav Tzvi’s sounded more like curses sons became great men. than blessings. Later, Rav This is often the way our Shimon explained to him great Torah leaders speak. that there were blessing him When they see that it is in a cryptic, hidden way. impossible to bless someone In the same way, it is outright because of a related that the Baal Shem Heavenly decree, they “hide” tov once sent Rav Tzvi of their blessings within harsh Tchotkov zt”l to get a bracha words that may even sound from Rav Chaim Sanzer of like curses. But their true Brod zt”l. When he arrived, intention is to secretly bless Rav Chaim screamed at him the person. in anger, but, in between his This is the reason Moshe harsh words, he said words used the word “dibur”, 12 Parshas Devarim which indicates harshness. saw that the situation was He was telling them that becoming dangerous. He the bracha should be found stood up and screamed, “You amongst harsh words, so will have 80 black years!” that it can be hidden from The people immediately Heavenly decrees that might spread out. They knew that be standing against a person. with these sharp words, It is related that a huge they would certainly merit crowd once came to attend salvation – because they the tish of the Sanzer Rov knew that many blessings zy”a. It got so crowded that were hidden in this curse. the Rov was unable to breath, and he asked the crowd to The Sins That turned Into Merits: disperse and spread out. He said, “I wish you all many sweet years if you spread Rav Yechezkel of out!” But this didn’t help. zy”a (Sefer Toras Yechezkel) The people continued to push quotes the Rashi that says and the crowding got even that Moshe listed all the worse. places where Klal Yisroel had He then proclaimed, “I sinned. He asks why Moshe, promise you sweet years if the great defender of the you spread out!” this too did Jewish people, would list all not work, and the pushing their sins. continued. He answers that his goal The Gorlitzer Rov zy”a was to bring the people to The Way of Emunah 13 do teshuva. We know that Torah. when one does teshuva out He answers that after the of love, his deliberate sins sin of the eigel, Klal Yisroel are transformed into merits. lost 1,000 lights, which were Therefore, he listed all their given to Moshe as a gift. On sins to bring them to do Shabbos, we recite the words, teshuva on all of them and “Moshe rejoiced with his gain many merits. gift”, because on Shabbos, Moshe returns the 1,000 On Shabbos, We Receive 1,000 Lights: lights to Klal Yisroel. When Moshe said that this

was “his bracha”, he was The Kossover Rebbe zy”a saying that during the time (Sefer Toras Chaim) quotes of exile he will be returning the posuk that says that the present he got of 1,000 Moshe blessed Klal Yisroel to lights to Klal Yisroel every be increased a thousandfold, and the Rashi that says that Shabbos. But when we merit this is actually Moshe’s our final redemption, then blessing. Hashem’s bracha, Hashem will give us His however, is limitless. He asks unlimited blessing. We will why Moshe gave his own receive unlimited light from bracha, when we know that Hashem and will no longer everything is included in the need Moshe’s 1,000 lights. 14 Parshas Devarim

ָה ּבו ָל ֶכם ֲא ָנשׁ ִ ים ֲח ָכ ִמים ּו ְנ ִבֹנים ִו ֻיד ִעים ְלשׁ ִ ְב ֵט ֶיכם ַו ֲא ִשׂ ֵימם וגו' )א, יג(

Prepare for yourselves men, wise men and understanding men, known among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. (1:13)

One Should Fear Them Like the land with justice.” This He Would a King: means that a judge – one who establishes justice - must be held in awe and fear Rav Yosef Chaim of Baghdad by the people as if he was the (Sefer Od Yosef Chai) notes king. They must hold him in that the words “for yourself” this regard if he wants them seem extra. Furthermore, the to respect his rulings. If they word “men” seems extra, don’t have such awe for him, as it is obvious that they he will be unable to do his job are meant to be men and of enforcing the law. not women. Finally, he asks A story is related about a why it is necessary to write king who was walking down “known among your tribe”. the street and heard the Why do these men have to be sound of children learning well-known? If Moshe knew with their rebbi in a bais that they were fitting people medrash. He was drawn to go for the job, isn’t that enough inside and see them. for him to appoint them? When he entered the room, He answers these questions the king saw the teacher by quoting the posuk (Mishlei sitting in front of the class 29:4): “A king establishes with a large stick in his hand. The Way of Emunah 15

The children had looks of “Three days ago, you were terror on their faces. They in my kingdom. The children looked at their rebbi fearfully who I teach are too young to – like slaves looking at their want to learn on their own. master. The only reason they learn When the king walked in, is because they are afraid of the entire class jumped to me. They view me as their their feet and bowed before king, and know they have him. The teacher, however, to obey me. Therefore, they did not get up. He remained do whatever I say and when seated with his stick in his I tell them to learn, they hand. The king was intrigued learn. I did not get up for you by this, and he left without when you entered because, saying a word to the teacher. in that room, I am a king – Three days later, the king and I wanted to make sure invited the teacher to his that the children know that. palace. As soon as the rebbi Therefore, I had to act like entered the room where the one. I know that you are a wise king was seated, he bowed to king who wants the children him and kissed his hand. The in his kingdom to be educated king was puzzled and asked, correctly. Therefore, I knew “Why are you treating me that you would not punish with so much respect now, me.” but three days ago you just When the king heard this, ignored me?” he said, “You are right! You The teacher responded, acted correctly.” 16 Parshas Devarim

This is also how a Dayan he says and there will be no must act. He needs everyone justice. to take his rulings seriously This is why the posuk says and listen to what he says. to take “for you” wise men. Therefore, he has to be The word “lachem”, for you, respected and feared by the consists of the same letters community like a king. If the as the word “melech”, king. Dayan would be a man who This indicates that the one is not held in such esteem, chosen to be a judge should he would be unable to rule be respected like a king. on who is guilty and who A judge must also be a is innocent, or who owes strong man who is unafraid money to whom, as no one to enforce the law. This is would listen to him. why it says to take “men” – This is the meaning of the meaning strong, powerful verse “A king establishes the men. land with justice, but a lowly Furthermore, the judge must man tears it down.” If the be “known in his tribe” – judge is treated like a king, meaning that the people must he can establish justice and know that he wise and smart issue his rulings. But if he enough to rule on complicated is a “lowly man” and is not matters. They must know that respected by the people, he he is too smart to be fooled or will destroy the land because lied to so that they don’t try to no one will listen to what trick him. The Way of Emunah 17

ְּל ָמ ִכיר ָנ ַת ִּתי ֶאת ַה ִּג ְל ָעד )ג, טו(

To Machir I gave Gilad. (3:15)

One Who Recognizes read to mean “makir”, Hashem Will Live With Joy: to recognize, and be understood to be referring to Rav Moshe of Lelov zy”a one who recognizes Hashem. (Sefer Tiferes Moshe) writes “Gilad” can be read as two as follows: Rav Zelig of words: “Gil”, which means Shrentzk zt”l said in the to rejoice and be happy (as in name of his mentor, Rav the word “gila”), and “eid”, Dovid of Lelov zy”a that the testimony. In this way, the reason there are no nekudos posuk can be read to be saying in the Torah is so that we that Hashem gave joy to should be able to darshan the pesukim and discern lessons people who recognize Him as from them. a testimony that anyone who He continues by darshening truly recognizes Him will this posuk: Machir can be always be happy.

Bain Hametzarim:

Sinas Chinam Delays Achadim, Drush 6) writes The Redemption: powerful words about the reason why the golus has The Chida (Sefer Devarim dragged on for so long. He 18 Parshas Devarim says: We suffer every day to get rid of all sinas chinam from the destruction of the and to increase our love for Bais Hamikdosh. We can’t our fellow Jews. understand how it will be Sefer Peleh Yoetz (Erech rebuilt. When the Second Bais Ahavas Rayim) writes: Our Hamikdosh was destroyed, city was destroyed, our Klal Yisroel was great in Torah Mikdash was broken and we and mitzvos – but it was still were thrown out of our land destroyed because of the sin of because of the sin of sinas sinas chinam, baseless hatred. If chinam. And this sin still sinas chinam still exists today, exists amongst us. We hope how can it be rebuilt in our for salvation, but it does not times? How can we anticipate come. It will not come as the geulah when we are still long as we still possess this not living in unity? This is like negative trait. Therefore, we planting a tree while holding must work on increasing our an axe to chop it down. love for our fellow Jews. We daven for the geulah every day – but what is the purpose Love Every Jew Like Yourself: of our davening and mitzvos if we have not rectified the sin On this topic, the Rambam that caused the churban? rules (Hilchos Dayos 6:3): It is a positive mitzvah for Ahavas Yisroel: everyone to love every Jew as much as he loves himself, as Therefore, now is the time is stated (Vayikroh 19:180): The Way of Emunah 19

“And you shall love your It is stated (Zechariah 2:12) friend like yourself.” that anyone who harms Klal Yisroel is harming Loving One’s Fellow Jew “the apple of His eye”. If Leads to Loving Hashem: someone attacks a Jew, it is as if he attacked Hashem. The Rayatz of Lubavitch And anyone who helps a Jew zy”a said: Loving one’s fellow is considered to have helped Jew leads to loving Hashem. Hashem. Everyone must constantly The pasuk says (Bamidbor work to bring himself to love 10:35): “Moshe would say, his fellow Jews, and this will Arise, Hashem, may Your lead him to love Hashem. enemies be scattered and may One should always try to those who hate You flee from befriend and help others, You.” Who are Hashem’s both in spiritual and physical enemies? Those who hate matters. It is not enough to Klal Yisroel. love others in one’s mind. When we find ourselves in One has to do actions to show times of trouble, we often say, his love. (Likutei Diburim 1) “Der Eibishter zal unz helfen. This idea is seen in the Hashem should help us.” Mechilta (Beshalach, How can we merit Hashem’s Parshah 6), where it is stated: help? When we show love to Anyone who stands against our fellow Jews and try to Klal Yisroel is considered to help them, Hashem will help be standing against Hashem. us in turn. 20 Parshas Devarim

The Mesilas Yesharim many mitzvos are dependent writes similarly (Perek 19): on this single mitzvah. Hashem only loves those He explains that if one loves who love Yisroel. The more his fellow Jews, he will not one increases his love for steal from them, damage them Yisroel, the more Hashem in any way, etc. He will come increases his love for him. to perform many mitzvos and This can be compared to a avoid many aveiros because father who loves his son. he loves other Jews. When he sees someone else The Alshich Hakadosh showing love and care for his writes (Yeshaya 54:14): The son, he will automatically mitzvah of “V’ahavta l’reacha love that person. komocha” is equal to all the other mitzvos in the Torah Many Mitzvos Are Dependent combined and it leads to on Loving One’s Fellow Jew: fulfilling all mitzvos, because they all are dependent on it. Rebbi Akiva famously said (Toras Kohanim, Kedoshim One Can Fulfill this Mitzvah at All Times: 2) that the mitzvah to love one’s fellow Jew as much as one loves himself is the “klal Sefer Yesod Veshoresh gadol b’Torah”, the important Ha’avodah (Shar 1, Perek 7) rule in the Torah. Sefer writes that one can fulfill the Hachinuch (Mitzvah 243) mitzvah to love one’s fellow explains that this is because Jew at all times. One can do The Way of Emunah 21 this mitzvah every second of that Hashem said to Klal the day, either in his thoughts Yisroel: My beloved son. All or through his actions. I ask of you is to love each He explains that if someone other, respect each other, does an action to help someone and hold each other in high else, he fulfills the mitzvah esteem. “with his actions.” If he sees or hears that someone good The Reason The Yeitzer Hara Fights So Hard happened to his friend and he Against This Mitzvah is happy for him, he fulfills the mitzvah “with his thoughts”. This means that one can do The Alter of Kelm zt”l this mitzvah every second of (Pinkas Hakabalos for the day, even if he is in the the Yomim Noraim, Os 5) shower or an unclean place. writes: There is no mitzvah Other mitzvos cannot be done like “V’ahavta l’reacha in such places, but one can be komocha”, through which happy for his friend anywhere. one can perform thousands This means that this is the only of mitzvos simultaneously mitzvah that can be performed every second of the day. in any place, at any time. He explains that there is a specific mitzvah to love each What Does Hashem Ask of Us? individual Jew. If one loves ten Jews, he gets ten mitzvos. It is stated in Tana D’bei If one loves all Jews, he gets Eliyahu (Rabbah, Perek 28) millions of mitzvos. If one 22 Parshas Devarim loves all Jews at all times, he help them and raise their gets an infinite number of spirits. mitzvos every day. One year, a wagon driver This is the reason why the came to the Rov before Pesach yeitzer hara tries so hard to and cried that he had very stop Jews from loving each little business throughout the other. He wants us to lose winter, when snow covered out the great reward we can the ground and people were receive through this mitzvah not traveling anywhere. because it is so vast. “Now,” he said, “when the snow has melted and I finally Giving a Poor Man One’s Cow: have customers, my horse suddenly fell and died!” The great tzadikim loved Without batting an eye, the every Jew to no end. It is Bais Halevi told him, “Go to related that when the Bais my yard and take my cow. Halevi zt”l served as Rov of Take it to the marketplace Slutzk, his home was often and trade it for a horse.” visited by the poor and The wagon driver did broken people of the town. exactly that. He took the cow They would pour out their and went on his way. hearts to the Rov, tearfully A few minutes later, the telling him about all their Rebbitzen noticed that their troubles. He would listen to cow was missing. She ran all of them, empathize with to her husband and cried, them, and do all he could to “Someone stole our cow!” The Way of Emunah 23

The Bais Halevi told her mother is,” the child said. calmly, “The cow was not The Rov began asking all the stolen.” He then told her that passersby if anyone knew this he had given it to the wagon child, but no one recognized driver whose horse had died. him. The Rov then took the The Rebbitzen said, “That child by the hand and began was our only cow. How will walking him to his house. we have any milk now?” The people witnessing this The Bais Halevi replied, said, “The Rov doesn’t have “We will still have bread. to trouble himself. One of us Would it be fair for us to have can walk with the child.” bread and milk while the Rav Meisel answered, “I want wagon driver doesn’t even to take him myself because I have bread?” want to do the mitzvah on my own. It is better to do a mitzvah Do It Yourself, Rather Than on one’s own than to do it Through a Messenger: through a messenger.” And he personally took the Rav Eliyahu Chaim Meisel child to his house, where the zt”l, the Rov of Lodzh, was Rebbitzen watched him until once walking in the street his mother was found. when he saw a young child crying. One Who Fulfills It Will Avoid All Punishment: “Why are you crying?” he asked the boy. “I don’t know where my The Gemara says (Brachos 24 Parshas Devarim

28B): When Rebbe Eliezer Veshoresh Ha’avodah (Shar became sick, his students came 1, Perek 4): Both the mitzvah to visit them. They said to him: to love one’s fellow Jew like Master, teach us the proper himself and the mitzvah to way of life through which we judge one’s fellow people can merit life in the World to justly are found in Parshas Come. He told them: Be careful Kedoshim. This is because with your friend’s honor! these mitzvos make one holy. The will of the author When one is consistent in of Sefer Yesod Veshoresh doing them, he will certainly Ha’avodah is printed in reach a lofty level of holiness. the 0sefer. In it, he writes: Remember, never forget, the Loving One’s Fellow Jew Brings All Blessings: mitzvah of V’ahavta l’reacha komocha, whether you are at home or on the road, when Rav Chaim Palagi zy”a (Sefer you go to sleep and when Moed L’kol Chai 6:13) writes: you wake up. If you do, you I testify that in any place will certainly never come where hatred and jealousy to do any sin in the world – exist between brothers or neither towards your fellow business partners or students man or towards Hashem. or communal activists – in any instance where both He is Called Holy: sides want to knock down the other and shame them It is stated in Sefer Yesod – that no one will come out The Way of Emunah 25

unharmed. However, in please give him a bracha!” every place where people live The Rebbe replied, “Yes, together with heartfelt love you can help him a lot! When and affection, people will live you feel his pain and daven long lives with much success. for him, you are removing the decrees that are holding The Power of Ahavas Yisroel: him back and making things better for him!” It is related that a chasid The Rebbe then took out a once came to the Lubavitcher coin from his wallet and gave Rebbe zy”a for a private it to the chasid. He told him, meeting (“yechidus”). The “I want to partner with you Rebbe asked him, “How are in this endeavor. Hashem you doing and how are your should help you assist this affairs?” Jew and grant him success!” The chasid answered, “Boruch Hashem, I am doing Moshe Rabenu Merited All His Greatness Through well. But I am very pained Ahavas Yisroel: about the bad situation of a certain chasid in my neighborhood. He fails at Rav Chaim Vital zy”a writes everything he tries and can’t (Sefer Sharei Kedusha, seem to have any success.’ Chelek 2, Shar 4): Moshe The chasid began to cry and Rabenu only merited all his said, “I wish that I could help greatness because he loved him in some way! Rebbe, every Jew and shared in 26 Parshas Devarim their pain. Chazal (Shemos saying that if He does not, He Rabbah 1:27) learn this from should erase his own name the pasuk that says that he from the Torah (ibid 32:32). saw the people’s suffering Since he loved and cared for (Shemos 12:11) and the pasuk every Jew, he became equal in that says that he pleaded with stature to the entire nation. Hashem to save the nation, (Zohar, Beshalach 47:1)

Shabbos Chazon

To Rejoice on This Shabbos: Shabbos even in today’s times.

During weekdays, Hashem is in exile, so to speak. On Shabbos, The pasuk states (Vayikroh however, the great holiness of 26:34): “Then the land will the day that has existed since be appeased regarding its the beginning of time returns, Shabbos.” Sefer Tiferes Shlomo and it is as if Hashem is not in says that the pasuk is teaching golus. us the great importance of the When the Bais Hamikdosh was day Shabbos while we are in standing, this great holiness golus. When Shabbos arrives, existed even on weekdays. Hashem rejoices even more Although it was even greater than He did when the Bais on Shabbos, it did not bring Hamikdosh was still standing Hashem as much joy because because there is a great Shabbos was not that much holiness Above that occurs on different than the rest of the The Way of Emunah 27 week. During golus, however, during Bain Hametzarim there is a great difference is truly great. It is even between Shabbos and weekdays, more holy than all other and Hashem rejoices greatly Shabbosim of the year. Why? when Shabbos arrives. Because we are in pain all The verse is saying that week, the joy of Shabbos is “then”, when we are in golus, even greater than usual. The “the land will be appeased by pain is forgotten on Shabbos Shabbos”, Hashem will have and the joy is overwhelming! great joy on that day. We should all try to be very We recite in the Shabbos happy this Shabbos. The main tefillos, “Rav lach sheves reason we are sad during b’eimek habacha. Long the Three Weeks is because have You sat in the valley the Shechina is in golus and of tears.” The days of Bain Hashem is sad. On Shabbos, Hemetzarim, the Three however, the Shechina is Weeks when we mourn happy and is not in golus. the destruction of the Bais Therefore, we too should be Hamikdosh, can be called happy, and our joy will bring “a valley of tears”. About even more joy to the Shechina. this time, we say, “Rav Accordingly, Shabbos lach sheves.”, which can Chazon, which falls out be translated to mean, during the saddest week “Shabbos is great.” This of the year, should be the indicates that Shabbos happiest Shabbos of the year. 28 Parshas Devarim

The Chozeh of Lublin, Harav Hakadosh Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Horowitz zy”a

On His Yahrzeit no money to pay, he would 9 Av 5575 travel to the Chozeh and ask him to daven for him – and The Merit of Seeing His Face: the prayers always worked and he somehow was sent the Rav Eliezer of Dzikov zy”a money he needed. once said: The Lubliner was The next village also was “the Rebbe”. Anyone who home to a poor innkeeper. never saw the Lubliner never This man also was unable saw a real Rebbe in his life! to pay his rent and didn’t (Ohr Haniflaos, Os 52) know what to do. His wife was once speaking to the The World Crowned Him as first innkeeper’s wife, and The Rebbe she advised her to tell her husband to travel to see the The Shinever Rov zy”a Chozeh of Lublin. related that in the times of the When this man got to Chozeh of Lublin there lived Lublin, he began asking an innkeeper who was very people where the Rebbe poor who was a chasid of his. lived. Someone told him that When it came time for him the Rebbe had gone away. He to pay his rent and he had decided to check the Rebbe’s The Way of Emunah 29 home anyway, and was told really wasn’t in town, and he again that the Rebbe had fainted from exhaustion and traveled away. sadness. He was not ready to give The Yid Hakadosh picked up, and he went to the bais him up off the floor. He told medrash, hoping to find the him, “Yes, I am a Rebbe. Here Chozeh there. When he got is my advice. Go out and buy a there, in the afternoon hours, large rooster which will wake he saw a man sitting wrapped you up every day at midnight in his talis and tefillin. He with its crowing. Get up at immediately said to himself that time and say Tehillim. that this must be the Rebbe. Do this and Hashem will help In fact, the man he saw you.” was the “Yid Hakadosh” The man followed these of zy”a. The orders. He purchased a innkeeper, thinking he was rooster and woke up to its seeing the Chozeh, walked crowing at midnight to say over to him, told him his Tehillim. The first day he story and gave him his did this, while he was in the “kvittel”. The Yid Hakadosh middle of reciting Tehillim, told him, “I am not the there was a knocking on his Rebbe. Go see the Rebbe, not door. He opened it to find a me!” non-Jewish man he knew When the man heard this, who asked to buy a shot of he fell to the ground. He whiskey. He gave him the finally realized that the Rebbe bottle and the man left. 30 Parshas Devarim

An hour later, the man How to Merit Hashem’s returned to buy more Salvation: whiskey. The man then said to him, “I know you for a The pasuk states (Eicha long time. I know you are trustworthy and reliable. I 3:26): “It is good that one want to tell you something. should wait quietly for the I like to drink whiskey, but salvation of Hashem.” The my sons don’t let me have Chozeh of Lublin explains any. I have a lot of money this as follows: “It is good” stored away that my sons – when one lives with don’t know about. Take all goodness and happiness my money and in return and never allows himself to give me a cup of whiskey every day for the rest of my get angry. “That one should life.” wait” – this can also mean The innkeeper took the that one should have fear, money and invested it. Not meaning that he should long thereafter, he was a very fear Hashem. “Quietly” – wealthy man. one should be humble and The Shinever Rov concluded unassuming. When one the story by saying: You see has all these things, he from here that if the world says about someone that he will merit the salvation of is a Rebbe, then, in fact, he is Hashem. (Pnei Menachem, a Rebbe! Devarim) The Way of Emunah 31

One Who Is Shamed And Does that if one is downtrodden Not Response Is Rewarded in and remains silent (the Both Worlds: word dam can mean both blood and silence), “he The verse states will live with his silence”, (Yechezkel 16:6): “And I meaning that he will merit passed by you and saw you Olam Haba. downtrodden with your The First Time in the blood, and I said to you, Magid’s Presence: ‘With your blood, live,’ and I said to you, ‘With your blood, live.’” Sefer Kehilas The Chozeh was just a Moshe (Pesikta Bedamecha young boy when he visited Chayi) quotes the Chozeh the court of the Magid of of Lublin as explaining this Mezeritch for the first time. pasuk by citing the pasuk He arrived on a Friday and in Tehillim (37:7): “Be went into the kitchen, where quiet to Hashem and hope he saw the preparations for to Him.” He explains that Shabbos. He told the cook, “I one should be silent before am accustomed to preparing Hashem and accept His my own fish for Shabbos. I will. Therefore, if one is wish to do so here as well.” shamed and does not reply, The cook allowed him to take he is forgiven of all his sins a piece of fish and salt and (Rosh Hashanah 17A). The cook it himself. pasuk in Yechezkel is saying Students of the Magid saw 32 Parshas Devarim

this and wondered how this eat. He pushed his portion youngster would know which to the person next to him piece of fish was his. All the – who happened to be the pieces were mixed together. Chozeh, and the Chozeh ate How would he be able tell his it. The Baal Hatanya know apart from the others? They understood that this was no thought that the boy must simple young man. be a bit strange and they The Chozeh later saw Rav laughed at his silliness. Shlomo of Skahl zy”a acting One of the students of the as the Magid’s personal Magid was the Baal Hatanya Shamas. He saw how he zy”a. He wanted to see what organized his 12 challos by would happen – so he took shalosh seudos, and realized a bit of string and tied it to that this was all the challah the Chozeh’s piece of fish left in the house. He knew as an identifying sign. That there would be noting left for night, when the fish was Melava Malka. When no one being given out, he saw was looking, he took a small that the Shamas gave the piece from one of the challos fish with the string on it to and placed it in the bag that a different person who was was designated for Melava seated near the Chozeh. Malka. But when that man lifted When the Magid came to it towards his mouth, he the table for shalosh seudos, became overcome with he saw that one of the challos trembling and he could not had a small piece torn off. He The Way of Emunah 33 asked for an explanation and Davening for Gashmius

Rav Shlomo said, “This was certainly done by the young Sefer Bais Pinchos (Os 4) man from !” relates that the Magid of The Magid asked the zy”a once said during Chozeh to come forward, and shalosh seudos that his he began to tremble. He was father, Rav Mordechai of very frightened and he told Chernobel zy”a had a lifelong the Magid why he did what he did. The Magi placed his hand disagreement with the on the Chozeh’s shoulder and Chozeh of Lublin. His father blessed him warmly to “be believed that one must daven able to eat a grand Melava for gashmius, physical needs, Malka.” and when one has gashmius, he will automatically also Davening With Trembling have ruchnius. The Chozeh disagreed and said that

Rav Meir of Premishlan one should only daven for zy”a would say that if one ruchnius, and he should not wants to understand the worry about gashmius. pasuk (Bereishis 27:33) that They maintained this says that “Yitzchok trembled disagreement for many a great trembling”, he years, but at the end of his should watch the prayers of life the Chozeh changed the Chozeh of Lublin. (Ohel his mind and admitted that Harebbe) Rav Mordechai was correct 34 Parshas Devarim

that one should daven for time when one is blessed with gashmius. physical goodness, he also The Ropshitzer Rov zy”a receives spiritual benefits. writes (Sefer Zera Kodesh, Sefer Ramasim Tzofim Vayishlach): I heard the (Perek 8) says that this helps Chozeh of Lublin say that he us understand the statement prays for people to become of Rav Bunim of Peshischa rich, and this wealth will zy”a that, “If someone asks lead to yiras shomayim Hashem for yiras shomayim because when Hashem without asking for livelihood, sends goodness to a person, it is a sign that he is not it includes everything. He genuinely asking for yiras added that when one davens shomayim – because it is not for his physical needs possible to have one without every day, he should have the other.” in mind that this includes The Munkatcher Rebbe zy”a his spiritual needs. When (Divrei Torah, Mahadurah 1, one prays for food to eat, he Os 114) relates that when Rav should have in mind that he Velvel of Zbaraz zy”a visited is also praying for “spiritual the Chozeh, the Chozeh said to food”, which means Torah him: “You traveled to me! I so and mitzvos. much wanted to travel to you!” It is also stated in Sefer Rav Velvel responded, “It Ohr L’Shomayim (Parshas is proper that you wanted Vayishlach) in the name of to come to me, as the Zohar the Chozeh that at the same (Parshas Terumah 128b) The Way of Emunah 35 states that a righteous man Finally, his wife saw that should chase a guilty man to her only option was to travel rectify his soul.” to Lublin after him. When he saw that his wife had Not to Rely on Ruach followed him to Lublin, he Hakodesh had no choice but to mention his problems to the Chozeh. The Chozeh had a student The Chozeh asked him, named Rav Avrohom “Why didn’t you tell me Mordechai of Pinchov zy”a, about this before?” who was a very poor man. He answered, “I know the He had three daughters who Rebbe has ruach hakodesh. reached marriageable age, I thought he knew about it but he had no money for a without me needing to tell dowry and could not afford him.” to marry them off. The Chozeh told him, Whenever he would travel “That’s not the way it works. to the Chozeh, his wife would The Torah tells us (Vayikroh urge him to tell him about his 13) that when someone finds daughter’s difficult situation a spot on his body, he goes to and ask for advice and a bracha. a kohen to show it to him. It But each time he would go, does not say that he tells him he would completely forget about it; rather, he goes to the about his troubles and never kohen and shows it to him remembered to bring it up to without saying anything. But the Rebbe. when the Torah talks about 36 Parshas Devarim spots that appear on walls of Shevet Hamussar From homes, it says that he tells the Shomayim kohen about it (ibid 14:34). We see that when it comes Rav Chanoch of Alexander to problems at home, you zy”a related that Rav Bunim have to tell the kohen about of Peshischa zy”a once was it and cannot assume he learning Rema and was already knows about it. amazed by his statement (Yoreh Deah 143:2) that “no Hashem Saves When We Are talmidei chochomim exist Blessed today.” He thought to himself: How could it be said that our The Muunkatcher Rebbe great teachers, the Chozeh of zy”a writes (Sefer Likutei Lublin and the Yid Hakadosh, Divrei Torah): We recite on are not considered talmidei the Yomim Noraim, “And chochomim? everyone believes that He At that very moment, answers in quiet.” I heard the young daughter of Rav from Rav Shlomo of Dolina in Yerachmiel of Peshischa, the name of one his teachers, the son of the Yid Hakadosh, who I believe was the Chozeh came to his door. In her of Lublin, that this means that hands was a Sefer Shevet when Jews whisper blessings Hamussar, and she pointed to each other quietly, Hashem to a folded page and told him answers and saves them. to look there. The Way of Emunah 37

He looked at that page and said, “I don’t know what and saw written that the you’re talking about. I never great talmidei chochomim sent you a Shevet Hamussar.’ of all generations “know They called over Rav everything Hashem did to Yerachmiel’s daughter and create the world and are asked her why she brought experts in everything. This is over the sefer. She said, “An not only true about Chazal, old man gave me the sefer who were as great as the and told me to give it to Rav Heavenly angels, it is also Bunim.’ true about the wise men of Rav Bunim then declared, every generation.” “It must have been Eliyahu When he saw this, he Hanavi who gave you the sefer! calmed down and his mind But where did Eliyahu Hanavi was at ease. get a Sefer Shevet Hamussar He wondered how Rav from? It must be that this Yerachmiel was aware of what Sefer Shevet Hamussar came he was thinking, and knew to from shomayim!” send over his daughter with Rav Chanoch concluded, that specific sefer opened to “I saw that Sefer Shevet that page. Hamussar with my own eyes A few days later, he met Rav and learned from it.” Yerachmiel and asked him Ein K’Elokeinu: why he sent over his daughter with the Shevet Hamussar. Rav Yerachmiel was confused The Magid of Mezeritch zy”a 38 Parshas Devarim had the custom of davening Peshischa zy”a was studying alone. When he reached the under the Chozeh of Lublin, tefillah of Ein K’Elokeinu, a he once became very sick. His small minyan of 10 chasidim son went to the Chozeh to ask would enter his room. him to daven for his father. The Chozeh of Lublin once The Chozeh told him, “The went into the room as part Torah tells us (Bamidbor of this minyan. When the 13:2): ‘Send out for yourselves Magid said the words Ein men.’ Sometimes, when K’Elokeinu, the Chozeh it is seen in Heaven that a fainted. It took much effort person has completed all to revive him. he was sent to this world to When the Magid finished do and has already rectified davening, he said to the everything he was meant to chasidim, “I told you to bring rectify, it is determined that someone else, not him. He saw it is time for him to leave this the Heavenly host of angels world. Hashem then sends that accompany Hashem, and men to him who he needs to that made him faint. Next teach and guide and show time, bring a regular person the proper way to live. He is who won’t see those things then granted mor years on and won’t be scared!” this world for the sake of his Send Out Men: students who need him.”

He Lowers The Mighty and When Rav Bunim of Raises The Downtrodden: The Way of Emunah 39

The priest welcomed him

One of the Chozeh’s with open arms and asked chasidim was a very wealthy what he wanted. When he man who owned many ships heard that the rich, powerful and forests. He also had Jew wanted to convert to his businesses selling animal religion, he thought he was skins, orchards and other making fun of him. After things. One day, while this speaking to him for a while, man was davening, he however, he began to think reached the words, “He that he might be serious. He lowers the mighty down to told him, “I will only convert the ground.” He suddenly you on condition that you had a heretical thought. He donate all your money and thought: How could Hashem possessions to the church.” lower me to the ground? The rich man was under the Even if my forests would get spell of the yeitzer hara and he burned, I would still have agreed. The priest gave him my orchards. If one of my a room to stay in overnight ships would sink, I would and told him that he would be still have my fur business. converted the next day. Such thoughts began to take In the middle of the night, over his head and he couldn’t he began to regret what he had stop thinking them. Finally, done. He was soon overcome he was so overcome by this with remorse. The room he heresy that he went to the was in had a small window, local priest to convert, r”l. and he jumped through it and 40 Parshas Devarim escaped into the night. He ran the Chozeh once asked Rav all night, until he reached the Yitzchok of zy”a to home of the Chozeh. explain the words of Chazal When he entered, the (Sotah 4B) that “anyone who Chozeh told him, “Now you possesses haughtiness is understand how Hashem can comparable to someone who lower mighty people all the had relations with all the way to the ground! You now forbidden women.” have nothing because you He asked, “Why is gave everything you owned haughtiness considered so to the church. Hashem should terrible and why is it so hard help you see the end of the to overcome?” sentence: ‘And He raises the Rav Yitzchok answered downtrodden until the skies.’” that this is actually a gift The next day, a fire broke that Hashem gave us for our out in the priest’s home and benefit. He explained that the document that the rich there is a rule that mitzvos man had signed was burned, require concentration, leaving him with all his meaning that when one does a possessions. mitzvah, he must have in mind that he is doing this action as The Terrible Sin of a mitzvah. If someone has a Haughtiness: desire to commit an aveirah and stops himself because he Sefer Ohev Chesed knows Hashem doesn’t want (Beshalach) relates that him to do it, he has fulfilled The Way of Emunah 41 the mitzvah with the right 19:7), as follows: “Please” is intentions. However, most reference to tefillah. The verse people have no desire to have is saying that if one cannot relations with forbidden daven, he should connect women, and no chance to do with his brothers – his fellow so, so how can we fulfill that Jews – and this will help him mitzvah? be able to daven. The answer is that because Chazal compare haughtiness Unity Leads to Serenity: to having such relations, when one refrains from ga’avah Sefer Mishmeres Itamar he receives the reward of (Matos) quotes the Chozeh fulfilling thatmitzvah . as explaining the verse, “We The Chozeh liked this are all the sons of one man” explanation very much and (Bereishis 42:11), as follows: said that it was of great When Jews are united, because benefit to hisavodas Hashem. we are all the sons of the same Father, we will merit Unity Helps Our Prayers: “nachnu”, to live with serenity and peace of mind, with no Sefer Zera Kodesh (Vayerah) pain or suffering to disturb us. quotes the Chozeh as explaining the pasuk that says His Table Reaches The City of Lelov: that Lot told the people of Sedom, “Please, my brothers, do not do evil” (Bereishis Sefer Migdal Dovid relates 42 Parshas Devarim that when a war once broke a chasuna for one of his sons, out between Russia and many great tzadikim came France, it became impossible to participate in the simcha. for many chasidim to travel to Amongst the tzadikim who Lublin. Instead, they went to came were the Saba Kadisha Lelov, which was closer and of Radashitz zy”a, the possible to reach. Ropshitzer Rov zy”a, and Rav Dovid of Lelov zy”a Rav Eliezer Lipa of Chmelnik once proclaimed at his tish, zy”a. “I am now sitting at the tish At the end of the seudah, of the Chozeh of Lublin!” the Saba Kadisha got up on He explained, “If the world the table with a big smile on would recognize the true his face. On one side of his greatness of the Chozeh, garment, he had attached everyone would travel to him a page of a siddur with the and his tish would be so long words of “Vehu Ravhum”, that it would reach here – which are recited in Tachanun and I would be sitting all the on Monday and Thursday. On way at the end of the table. the other side, he attached a Therefore, I feel like I am at piece of meat. The crowd was the Chozeh’s tish right now!” entertained by his badchanus, and the Chozeh enjoyed his The Recital of “Vehu Rachum words and his jokes very much. Sefer Bais Elimelech relates The Chozeh asked him, that when the Chozeh made “Can you please explain what The Way of Emunah 43 that is that you are wearing?” me up into pieces like a The Saba Kadisha answered piece of meat? You don’t jokingly, “Which side are you do this to any other part of asking me about?” davening!” The Chozeh answered The Chozeh very much in kind and pointed at the enjoyed these words and page from the siddur. the chasidim accepted to The Saba Kadisha told no longer be lax with the him, “This is the long Vehu recitation of Vehu Rachum. Rachum. It is screaming at the chasidim who only Zechuso Yagen Aleinu. read pieces of it, and May The Tzadik’s Memory not the entire thing. It is be a Blessing For All of Klal crying, ‘Why do you chop Yisroel. Lachmei Mordechai Mazon Yeshaya Named in Memory of the Holy , Rav Mordechai of Nadvorne zy”a and Rav Yeshaya of Kerestir zy”a Lachmei MordechaiUnder the MazonAuspices Yeshaya of Their Descendant, Rabbi Meir Isamar Rosenbaum shlita Named in Memory of the Holy Rebbes, Rav Mordechai of Nadvorne zy”a and Rav Yeshaya of Kerestir zy”a

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