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Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of America בס״ד בס״ד Learning from our Leaders Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of America Rebbetzin Grossman was walking home from the When the rebbetzin started unpacking the makolet (grocery store), carrying heavy packages. bags she noticed that her handbag was open. Giveret (“Mrs.”), I had a PIRCHEI Rebbetzin, that’s much too heavy! 100-shekel bill in Thank you maybe the Agudas Yisroel of America Can I help? my bag, and I believe so much! Every bit pocketbook opened Vol: 4 Issue: 11 - ט"ז טבת, תשע"ז - the poor boy might January 14, 2017 of assistance is up and it fell out. You have taken it.. appreciated. are probably right, but פרשה: ויחי - הפטרה: ...ויקרבו ימי דוד למות... )מלכים א ב:א-יב( I’ll take it all. we must not judge Please give me your דף יומי: בבא מציעא ק״י משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם - ותן טל ומטר the matter until we handbag too... Oh, how speak to the boy. thoughtful of you! חזק, חזק, ונתחזק! …Here TorahThoughts The rebbetzin went out and found ְוַי חִ יי ַ ֲע ֺק בבְ אֶ רֶ ץמִ צְ רַ ִ י םשְ בַ עעֶ שְ רֵ ה נ שָׁ ָׁ ה… )בְרֵ אשִ ית מז:כח( his troubling question. The Alter (1812—1745 ,בַ עַ ל הַ תַּ נְ יָׁ א) the boy and brought him to the Rav. Alter Rebbe My precious son, צֶ מַ ח lived in the land of Egypt for 17 years … Rebbe gave him an answer that he often repeated and which the יַעֲקֺב And ?? taught רֶ בִ י your רַ שִ ״ י lived with every day. “Do you remember the צֶ דֶ ק —1789) צֶ מַ ח צֶ דֶ ק from now on I am There is an interesting story told about the went down to יַעֲקֺב that even before ,(בְרֵ אשִ ית מו:כח) began teaching the you last week רֶ בִ י His . חֵ דֶ ר I am really your father. What is 1866) when he was a young boy in sorry...but what choice your name? תּ וֹ רָׁ ה שִיְ י בָׁ ה היְ וּ דָׁ ה מִ צְ רַ ִי ם ַ ו ְ י חִ י : פָׁ רָׁ שָׁ ה in this week's פָׁ סוּק Moshe. young children in his class the opening do I have? When my , he sent to establish a to learn and teach ? This .ד' then one comes closer to , תּ וֹ רָׁ ה And Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt When one studies the — יַעֲקֺב בְאֶרֶץמִצְרַ יִםשְ בַעעֶשְרֵ השָׁ נָׁה father passed away, he and תּ וֹ רָׁ ה lived with יַעֲקֺב .גָׁלוּת closeness is the key to truly living in בַ עַ ל then asked the underlying question of the רֶ בִ י left my mother and me for 17 years. The in ,גָׁ לוּת how to find true life even in the darkest of כְ לַ ל יִשְ רָׁ אֵ ל only in reference to the taught תּ וֹ רָׁ ה is found in the וַ יְחִ י The word : הַ ט וּ רִ י ם with no money in the ”.as you heard and Egypt — רכַאֲשֶ שָׁמַעְתָּׁ אַתָּׁ ה וַיֶחִ י :house... essence of life, as in to learn מִ ו צְ ָׁ ה explains that the reason we have a חִ נּ וּ ְך or in reference to the years of a person’s life, as in The ,(דְ בָׁרִ ים ד:לג) lived and thereby become] ד' is so that we can understand the ways of תּ וֹ רָׁ ה The .(בְרֵ אשִ ית נ:כב) and Yosef lived 110 years — וַיְחִ י וֹ י סֵ ף מֵ אָ הוָׁ עֶ שֶ ר שָׁ נִ י ם our life would have no meaning and we תּ וֹ רָׁ ה writes that someone is living in a place is usually close to Him]. Without תּ וֹ רָׁ ה way that the .and he would live aimlessly like the animals in the field — וּ וְה א ש ֺ כֵ ןבְ אֵ ֺל ֵנ י מַ מְ רֵ א to dwell, as in ,שכן with the root מִדִ ינֵי הַמִצְ וָה )תיט: מִצְ וַת תַ לְמווּד תוֹרָ ה( .(בְרֵ אשִ ית יד:יג) מַ מְ רֵ א dwelled in the plains of and explains the דִ ינֵי תַּ לְמווּד תּוֹרָׁ ה elaborates on the חִ נּ וּ ְך then continued with one of answers offered by The חֵ דֶ ר רֶ בִ י The daily. Every day comes תּ וֹ רָׁ ה lived importance of carving out time to learn יַעֲקֺב hints at the 34 best years that וַ יְחִ י The word .בַ עַ ל הַ טוּרִ ים the s with its difficulties and good excuses, but if one pushes himself to’ י וֹ סֵ ף is 34. The first 17 years of וַ יְחִ י of מ גִי ַ טְ רִ י ָׁ ה The . י וֹ סֵ ף together with ,will assist him from Heaven and will make his life easier ד' ,s life after he was learn’יַעֲקֺב life, before he was sold, and the last 17 years of s life without any removing the normal stresses of life. He will thus live all his days’יַעֲקֺב were the content years of , י וֹ סֵ ף reunited with and good fortune will be his in the World ,[גָׁ לוּת joyfully in this world [in was still very troubled. He had another צֶ מַ ח צֶ דֶ ק Rebbetzin, is it A close relation developed between Moshe problems. The ends with a message that is especially applicable to חִ נּ וּ ְך s to Come. The’יַעֲקֺב ok if Moshe and his mother and R’ Yisroel Grossman. Moshe did not gnawing question: “How was it possible that the best years of Fortunate is one — וְ אַ שְ רֵ י הַ מְ דַ בֵ ר לְ ֺא זֶ ן ש וֹ מַ עַ ת : תּ וֹ רָׁ ה eat the Shabbos seudos in our make any important decision without first life would be spent in a land that was as disgusting and impure as those who learn home this week? And Moshe, discussing it with R’ Yisroel. Egypt?” who speak to a listening ear! ספר החנוך על פרשת השבוע :came home and asked his grandfather, the Adapted from צֶ מַ ח צֶ דֶ ק keep the money to buy food The for your home. If there is any of course, What an honor for extra, keep a shekel a week Moshe and his my daughter to marry for spending money. mother are welcome what Reb Yisroel calls his anytime. “prize” talmid! of Yahrtzeits our Gedolim Gedolim Glimpses once said, “One must זַ צַ ״ ל R' Chaim Kreiswirth even when he has no desire to תּ וֹ רָ ה was born in Wojnicz, Poland, to learn זַ צַ ״ ל R' Chaim Kreiswirth ט״ז טבת "הַעִ ילוּי מִ קראַקאָ" He was known as .פּעֶרלָה and אַ בְ רָ הָ ם י וֹ סֵ ף 5762 — 5678 do so!” He added that he personally in the שִ עוּרִ ים He gave . יְ שִ י בַ ת חַ כְ מֵ י ל וּ בְ לִ י ן at the age of 15 in 2001 — 1918 never had this particular problem. He זְ בָ חִ י ם on סֵ פֶ ר at age 18. His סֵ פֶר חוֹבוֹת הַתַ לְמִ ידִ ים in Piaseczna on ְי שִ י בָ ה were lost then continued to elaborately describe כְ תָ בִ י ם the) מַ רְ חֶ שֶ ת and the ר׳ ַח ִיים עוֹ ֶזר ַז ַצ״ל from הַ סְ ָכ מ וֹ ת received There . תּ וֹ רָ ה R' his feelings while learning , שָ רָ ה during WWII). In 1939, he fled to Lithuania, where he married After was at least one person in the crowd . אֶ רֶ ץ ֶי שְ רָ אֵ ל Avrohom Grodzinski’s daughter, escaping with her to WWII, he returned to Poland to rescue Jewish children sheltered by gentiles who, having heard R' Chaim describe the .ירושלים R’ Yisroel was the son of R’ Moshe Shneur Zalman and Freidel Shifra Grossman in He was an ardent Karliner Chassid, in his youth he learned under R’ Tzvi Dushinsky. He also ,in Skokie ר ֹא ש ְי שִ י בָ ה during the war. In 1947, he moved to the U.S. and was ,of both his sweetness & pleasure that he experienced תלמיד מובהק learned in Yeshivas Kamenitz under R’ Moshe Bernstein and was a and , דְּ רָ שָ ה immediately after the ְּג מָ רָ א until ran to get a מָ רָ א דְ אַ תְ רָ א / אַב בֵית דִ ין Before his marriage to Gitta Perel, the daughter of R’ Yosef Gutfarb, he was tested Ill. In 1953, he moved to Antwerp, serving as .רביים .he sat down and learned for several hours . פְּ טִ י רָ ה was R’ Shlomo of Zhvil. When he was his חברותה on all of Shas by R’ Zelig Reuven Bengis. His 25, he was appointed rosh yeshiva of Karlin. In 1958 he became rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas .where he worked for twenty years ,כפר חבד Tomchei T’mimim in Lud and five years later in לע״נ ר׳ ישראל בן אברהם ז"ל and a founder of Yad L’Achim. He and Dedication opportunities are available. If you would like to sponsor or receive this publication ”ילדי טהראן“ He also was a leader in the efforts for לע״נ הב׳ ישעיהו דוב ע״ה בן יבלחט״א יצחק צבי נ״י He was also via email, please send an email to [email protected] .מגדל העמק institutions in מגדל אור his only son, R’ Yitzchok Dovid, founded the .ספרים and authored 13 פתח תקוה and ירושלים a member of the Beth Din of Agudath Israel in This week's Pirchei Weekly is sponsored כ“ג אדר For any inquiries or comments please feel free to call 347-838-0869 • Illustrated by: Yishaya Suval www.leilshishi.com 5683 - 5767 1922 - 2007 In honor of the bar mitzvah of Avrumi Zagelbaum .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 ֶע ֶרב ַׁש ָּבת The 3nd International Learning Program with the Of Prayers and Tears FocusonMiddos Living Torah Do you remember last year’s contest that had the participation of שׁ וֹ בְ בִ י ״ ם condition, they are still a source of merit for him, since all those who Dear Talmid, and also comprehends and delves over 300 boys from many States within the וַאֲנִי בְּ בֺאִימִ ןפַדָּ מֵתָּ העָּלַי רָּחֵ ל … וָּאֶקְּבְּרֶ הָּ שָּ םבְּ דֶ רֶ ְך אֶ פְּ תרָּ ו הִ א י בֵ ת לָּ חֶ ם .
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