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What is the gift that Candles lighting time: Shabbat ends: Lastest Kriat Shema: Mincha Gedola: G- d sends to those Los Angeles: 19:32 Los Angeles: 20:36 Los Angeles: 8:21 Los Angeles: 13:25 who love him and New York: 19:52 New York: 21:03 New York: 8:05 New York: 13:30 those he loves ?? London: 20:35 London: 22:05 London: 6:57 London: 13:37 A poor Guest!!

(Zohar Parshat Vayakhel) Lesson of Parshat “Bamidbar” 5774 Welcoming Guests - To what Extent?

This past Monday, on the 19th of Iyar, marks the 44th year the poor and less privileged were guests at his table, and to the passing of the of the esteemed “Porat the Rosh Yeshiva was meticulous in serving them Yosef” Yeshiva, Chacham Ezra Atia Ztz’l may his merit personally. protect us. This is what Rabenau Yonah wrote (Sefer Hayirah): “A We did not merit to see him, yet we heard much about him person should always pursue poor people to bring to his from his student that followed him as Rosh Yeshiva, home, and he should receive them with a pleasant Chacham Yehuda Tzadka Ztz’l may his merit protect us. countenance, and immediately when they come he should “The teacher”, that is how he was called by his students, put bread in front of them so the poor person should not Chacham Yehuda Tzadka, Chacham Ben-Zion Aba have to shame himself in asking, and he should give them Shaul and Chacham , may their memory be his bread and water with a shining face, and even if he has a blessing. sadness and worry in his heart - he should remove it when And as his nickname “the teacher”, such is the name of the in front of his guests, and he should console them with book that was published about him that recounts a small words, and he should return their spirit, and even if he has fraction of his manners and ways in holiness, and his constant a hundred servants - he himself should exert the effort and rare thirst for learning our holy Torah in great depth. and serve them”. The financial situation of Chacham Ezra Ztz’l was far from On the manner of serving food to the guest the Chofetz average, there were days when his wife the Rebbetzin A’H Chaim wrote in his book “Ahavat Chesed” part 3 chapter did not have the basic ingredients necessary to prepare 2: “It is brought down in the holy Zohar (parshat Vayahkel) lunch, and so it happened that for an entire day not one piece on the verse “slice your bread for the hungry”, that the of food entered his mouth, and yet still he continued and host needs to slice the bread and place it in front of the persevered in his learning as if he just finished a hearty meal. guest so that he will not be embarrassed to slice it himself, In one instance, when his students brought up the topic of and all the more so it is prohibited to watch him eat, and he the difficult financial crises that existed at that time - should invite the guest to stay and sleep in his home, and he affecting almost every household, the Rabbi said: “I, the should give him his best bed, since great is the rest of the small person, received everything from G-d blessed be he, weary when in comfort, and sometimes it is a greater favor and I have even more than I deserve, Give thanks to to give someone a bed than to give him food and drink”. Hashem, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.” To what extent? In what context? Despite his great poverty he was always happy to welcome The Gaon (genius) and great Chasid Rabbi Nachum of guests and feed them from the little food he had, and in one Shadik Ztz’l spent most of his days immersed in fasting, instance when he sat at the table awaiting to be served his and for many years he took upon himself “intermittent meal, there was suddenly a knock at the door and in fasts”, during which a person ceases from eating, neither walked one of the poor people who was a frequent guest at eating or drinking on all the weekdays, only eating on his house. Rabbi Ezra got up from his chair and received Shabbat. his guest warmly in saying: “Welcome! How great it is that One of the elders of the town noticed a poor man exit the you arrived exactly on time”, and he quickly went to the home of Rabbi Nachum Ztz’l and walk towards him, and kitchen taking the portion his wife, the Rebbitzen prepared when this man neared, the elder man asked:” How was it for him, and with great joy served it to his guest. by the Rabbi? Have you ever seen such a righteous person His student, the Rosh Yeshiva Chacham Yehuda Tzadka who eats nothing for an entire week?” “The two of us just ate Ztz’l acted in the same manner, on each and every Shabbat together,” answered the guest. The elder man was shocked

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בס"ד "אין עוד מלבדו..." "ברוך פודה ומציל, ברוך שמו"!! "אין סוף תודות, לאין סוף ברוך הוא"!!!

when he heard this and he quickly headed to the home of Rabbi Nachum, and as he entered he asked: “Please tell me Rabbi is it true that you broke the fast and ate to your

hearts content with the guest that just left”? “It is indeed true” answered the Rabbi and added: “and I want to tell you, since my entire intention in eating with him was to give him a good feeling, I am certain that in eating I brought more satisfaction to our father in heaven than all Question: the “intermittent fasts” that I merited and completed to Dear Rabbi, May you be blessed with peace. this day! Amazing! My letter is very sad and my life is much sadder, my About the importance and obligation of the good feeling that sisters and I were born to a righteous and blameless we must grant our poor guests, added and wrote Rabbeinu mother who suffered terribly from our cruel father. We Yona in his interpretation on the Mishnah: “Let your home were very badly abused, father was and still is a sadist be wide open” and he writes: “One must receive the poor of the first order, while we were still young he used to with a pleasant and happy countenance to the point he enjoy abusing us to the point where our good mother causes them by this to become accustomed in visiting his had no choice but to escape and flee with us to another home and they will feel comfortable being there without any city in the north of the country. shame, and he should grant them the permission to use any We had a few short months of peace and tranquility of his possessions, just as he allows his family to do so”. until that bitter day that father came in a taxi and The Gaon and Tzadik Rabbi Chaim Brim Ztz’l told an kidnapped me and my sisters from school. It is very amazing story: “I was once at the house of Chazon Ish hard for me to write about the great suffering and until a late hour and the Chazon Ish insisted I stay for the trauma we went through in his home for more than ten night in his home. I will never forget what my eyes years, he used to starve us and forbid us to talk to one witnessed, how the Chazon Ish and his brother in law the another, he used to enjoy beating us with a belt, when Steipler with his wife the Rebbitzen (sister of the Chazon we used to try to save each other from those cruel Ish) all three of them busied themselves with the of beatings he used to increase the rate of beatings and “welcoming guests” with great love and pleasantness. torture, and we used to scream to heaven from the The Steipler and his wife carried the mattress and bed indescribable pain and suffering, a lot of times we spread while the Chazon Ish walked in front directing them asked him to kill us to end our pain. When I grew up I on where to lay the mattress. I do not recall if the Chazon gathered the courage and in the middle of the night I Ish carried any of the sheets yet I remember that the woke up my sisters and whispered in their ears to get Chazon Ish himself prepared a pitcher of water for washing up quietly and we escaped together. hands in the morning and laid it beside the mattress. When They were very afraid and I don't know from where I I tried to object to all this great effort, the Chazon Ish told received the strength and courage but we walked me: since when does an Etrog have the right to tell its shaking towards the front door while we were all owner what do with him?” meaning: I was “the object of the wearing our pyjamas. It's impossible to describe the mitzvah” like an Etrog, and he was the owner and I had no crazy run in the streets to nowhere, we were too scared right to tell him how to perform the mitzvah”. to stop and distanced ourselves as much as possible, May G-d help us merit to pursue this mitzvah and fulfill it always looking behind us to make sure the terrible appropriately with every guest, while being exceedingly sadist was not on our heels. Good people took us into careful in their honor, and speedily in our days, may our their homes and in the morning they contacted the eyes see and our hearts rejoice in the coming of Mashiach local social services who arranged for us to live with and the building of our Holy Temple Amen!! foster family. With blessings for Shabbat Shalom Within a few days of living with this family we noticed and Chodesh Tov Umevorach and Kol Tuv the obstinacy of the father of the family, who warned us in no uncertain terms in a direct and firm manner Moshe Yazdi that we had to adjust our behavior to fall in line with A great Zikuy Harabim Mitzva opportunity!!! that of the family, any deviation will receive from him the appropriate response. We agreed to everything and Distributors are needed for distribution of this we were even happy about it because all we wanted Bulletin in and Jewish centers. was not to be punished and not to be beaten, we never For details please contact Please contact Ifat at ever made any demands and in spite of the fact we 323-449-8184 or [email protected] never received any pocket money from him even though he used to receive a very respectable sum of Zikuy Harabim!!! money from the council while we stayed in his home, Volunteers needed to help in translating this even then we never dared to make any demands because the priority in our eyes was to avoid being hit. newsletter from Hebrew to English. To my great distress, that day also arrived, when I Please contact Ifat at 323-449-8184 or [email protected] requested and then insisted to move to another school,

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בס"ד "אין עוד מלבדו..." "ברוך פודה ומציל, ברוך שמו"!! "אין סוף תודות, לאין סוף ברוך הוא"!!!

he locked me with him in a room, and when I saw him Closed doors and shuttered windows. remove his belt my head filled with images of all the D. These days I am in constant contact with Y. and thank terrible experiences gathered in my mind and I G-D I managed to arrange for him a place to sleep, but it immediately fainted and fell on the bed. The sadist did very much pains him regarding the great suffering his not have to think twice and in a rage beat me and precious sisters are going through in the home of the foster screamed at me until I came out of my faint and I again family. He says that one of his sisters is under psychiatric found myself screaming in pain and wishing for death. care of medications and psychotherapy, and because she He left me only after he became tired, and as soon as is in desperate need of warmth and love, that were always he left the room my sisters came in crying, and we all and still are missing in her life, from the day he left the cried together about our awful fate. I contacted the house of this deliberate sadist her condition deteriorated social worker who was dealing with our case and I told dramatically. her about the terrible beating and I begged her to take E. We all have the holy obligation and great merit to us to another family, but she was adamant to leave us organize and come out to save and protect these suffering with this family and even warned me that I would be souls, and here I turn to any man or woman who have the forced to sleep in the street if I try to run away, so I had ability to help us: Please! Please! Don't stand from afar! no choice but to follow her instructions. Hurry up and do all you can to raise a smile on their faces A month ago I was once again subject to a violent and bring peace and tranquility to their lives, and I call upon tirade from him to the point he called me disgusting the media to make a huge noise and move worlds to cause names and screamed at me saying “Pack all your the immediate involvement of the Police who will belongings up now and get out of my home! I don't investigate and find justice for these outlaws, who don't want to see you any more”, and in a rage he took me know the meaning of “fear of G-D”. and pushed me out to the stairwell and I again found F. Obviously I don’t sit still at all, and I started to act in ways myself alone, suffering and with no place to sleep. I see fit, but I am sure with great media pressure these From that night I slept in stairwells and public parks wretched ones will be saved much sooner, and the sooner and occasionally I am fortunate to have a passers-by the better. invite me to dinner and sleep over for a night. G. Professional people and senior officials might have the Even today the official is persistent in wanting me to option to meet with the writer of the letter after they return to this cruel person but this time I decided to be convince me (by phone 050-5-202-102) that they have the unyielding no matter what, and I even wrote a letter to ability to help. the emergency services in the council but till now have H. And to those sadists I write: I swear ! I will not leave you not received any response. alone until you pay the price for your vulgar deeds and you I feel that the whole establishment is against me even sit behind bars. though I am innocent, and have no idea why and for I. Dear Y.! Please! Be strong! You have beautiful life what purpose. Since lately I heard that you were expecting you! involved in my life story and at the time you helped my J. Shabbat Shalom and Chodesh tov Umevorach! Good life mother, she should be well, very much , therefore, I and kul tov!!! turn to you to help me and end my pain and suffering of my tired soul. Thanking you in advance and in the hope that you will do all you can to help me. Y.S

Answer: Dear Readers!! A. I know of this terrible tragedy personally. On the same Refua Shleima!! Zivug!! day these children were kidnapped by their father their Shalom Bayit!! Chazara Betshuva!! mother came to me crying and broken and crushed and Parnassa!! Zera Shel Kayama!!!

begged for my help. All these and more salvations in all fields of life, B. Because this sadistic father is a criminal with a very We will all merit to receive Beezrat HaShem in a smooth tongue, he managed to our great distress to falsify wonderful “Shabbat Meron” that will take place papers against his sensitive wife, the mother of the . th children, and even convinced the welfare official in the Beezrat HaShem in Parshat “Bamidbar”, 24 of th righteousness of his claims, so the court immediately Iyar (May 24 2014) with luxurious tables set with accepted her opinion and ordered custody of the children to all delicacy as befitting royalty, accompanied by the father. singing and Zimra and the joy of "Oneg Shabbat", C. The lawyer Devorah Attiya, who is renowned for her with the fascinating and inspiring lectures of Kvod sharpness and wit, who we recruited to save these Harav Moshe Yazdi Shlit”a

wretched ones, also stood helpless against the rigidity of the Hurry and sign up for luxurious spaces: court, and even her appeal to the supreme court did not help 052-726-9612, 052-635-6222 at all to these helpless children who were tortured behind

Scholar Kvod Harav Yashar ben Tzion Ben Shifra, of blessed memory.

בס"ד "אין עוד מלבדו..." "ברוך פודה ומציל, ברוך שמו"!! "אין סוף תודות, לאין סוף ברוך הוא"!!!

A rally of Chizuk and for the elevation of the soul!!!

Marking four years since the death of the crown of our head, My beloved husband, Mor our father, our brother and our grandfather, who spent nights and days in synagogues and in beit Medrash, who pursued his studies consistently, who was a great servant of G-d, who merited to and smiled happily to each and every person and always courted the heartbroken and the less fortunate ones to bring them closer and to host them on his table, and with his sweet words brought many back to our father in heaven

Kvod Harav Yashar Ben-Tzion Yazdi Zts”l

Ben Mula Aba Yehuda Zts”l and Shifra A”h.

We will perform Beezrat Hashem a huge Chizuk and awakening rally for the elevation of his pure soul on Monday 26 of Iyar 5774 (May 26th 2014) in the “Amude Hashalom” located at 21 Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld st. in “” neighborhood in Jerusalem. Mincha at 7:00PM promptly, and then will speak respected rabbis, public figures, sons and sons in law of the deceased , May they all have good and long life.

The next day, Tuesday, we will gather on his gravesite location at 6:00PM to read Mishnayos, Zohar and Tehillim, and ask mercy on his gravesite (on Har Hamenuhot South, Givat Shaul, the plot of the Persians), and join the many good people who merited and received their salvation after they asked him to be an advocate for them in heaven. His friends and admirers in his life and after his death, because of reading about him, who need assistance and guidance to arrive to the memorial service or to the Tefila that will be held on his gravesite, should call: 052-6356-222, 052-8908-065 G-d bless you and kol tuv. P.S. Starting next week we will go back to write in “Tzadik VeYashar Hu” column stories and facts from the life of Mor our father Z”lhh . The family.

"Telling the stories of the Zadikim (righteous), causes the heart to ignite and awaken to Hashem"!!! (Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Zts”l)

The Gaon (genius) Rabbi Menachem Mendel from Lubavitch, (known as the Tze'mach Tze'dek), in his youth, after his engagement, went to visit his grandfather, the Gaon Admor Rabbi Shneor Zalman of Ladi Z"L, author of the "Tanya", to tell him about it. The Admor looked at him and noticed that he was wearing a golden sash, which was very expensive in those days. "Did your father in-law gift you this sash?" asked Ba'al Ha'Tan'ya, "yes" he answered, "and how much did he give you as a dowry?" he continued asking, "ten thousand Rubals" answered the grandson. "And what will you do with it?" went on Ba'al Ha'Tanya’, the grandson answered: "I'm going to give it to a wealthy and trustworthy merchant that I know very well, so that he will trade with it, and this way I'll be able to earn some money for my livelihood". "And maybe this wealthy merchant will go bankrupt, and become poor, and then you will lose the money, principal and the profit?!? said Ba'al Ha'Tan'ya, and the grandson answered: "he is a very rich man, no need to be concerned of this happening". The Admor continued in his pleasant voice: "I suggest you give the money to my charity treasury, and when you'll want it back, I'll return it to you, that way you

will have the whole amount"! The grandson was ashamed to bluntly refuse his grandfather, and he snicked out and left. Indeed he gave all his dowry money to the fore mentioned merchant, who was a very trustworthy man. Not long after, there was a fire, all the merchant's property went up in smoke, and he became a poor beggar. Obviously, all the dowry money of the Tze'mach Tze'dek was lost. A while later the Tze'mach Tze'dek went to visit his grandfather, the Admor Ba'al Ha'tanya. "Did you make any money on your dowry money?" asked the Admor, and the grandson told him the truth, that it was all lost. Ba'al Ha'tanya sighed deeply and said: "why didn't you listen to me, to give the money to my charity fund, you could have had the whole amount intact, principal and profit?!? What a pity you don't have faith and trust in your Torah Sages!!! Let me tell you a story from the previous generation as to the extent of faith and trust the people of Voholin had in the Torah Sages. One time I traveled to my teacher and Rabbi, The Magid of Mezritch Zts"l, it was during the winter, it was very cold and it snowed heavily. I stopped at an Inn belonging to a G-d fearing Jew, and I told him I was a student of Rabenu The Magid of Mezritch, he then treated me with utmost respect and served me a hot drink which revive me. "How long have you been in this Inn?" I asked the innkeeper. "Decades" he answered. "Do you have a Minyan to pray with and read the Torah on Shabbat?" I asked, "No" he answered, "only on the High Holidays I travel to the next village till after the Holidays". "Do you think it's proper that you should constantly pray alone, and not hear Kadish, Kedusha, and Bar'chu? Why don't you move to that village?” I continued. "How will I earn a living?" he asked, "How many households are there in the village?" I pressed on, "more than a hundred families" he said. So I said to him "Ha'Kadosh Ba'ruch Hu "succeeds" in sustaining 100 families, but He won't be able to sustain you?" He was silent. I slept at the Inn that night. Early in the morning I saw wagons full of furniture and household items near the Inn, I asked the innkeeper "what is all this?" and he answered: "I listened to your honor, and I am moving to the village, to live there." And so he did. Go and learn, the strength of faith this innkeeper had, though I was very young at the time, as soon as he heard I was a student of the Magid, he put his life on the line and uprooted his home that was for decades a great source of income for him, to move to the village where there was no certainty he could make a good living, he trusted in Hashem and immediately listened to my advise. And you, who heard explicitly from me that there was concern that you will lose your money, both the principal and the profit, didn't believe me, and didn't do as I said..." From now on think well.”