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בס״ד בס״ד Learning from our Leaders Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of America R’ Moshe Weintraub’s* Rebbetzin took ill and was hospitalized in the same hospital as R’ Shmuel Berenbaum’s son Rav Leib ZT”L. Where is PIRCHEI the first place in the Visiting hours are Hashem Torah that talks about 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Agudas Yisroel of America the mitzvah of Bikur visiting daily. February 4, 2017 - Vol: 4 Issue: 14 - ח׳ שבט, תשע"ז Cholim?... Avrohom After his Bris. פרשה: בא - הפטרה: הדבר אשר דבר ה׳ אל ירמיהו... )ירמיהו מו:יג-כח( Right. Every first in I’ll wait near דף יומי: בבא בתרא י״ג משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם - ותן טל ומטר the torah has significance the escalator ... what do you think is the and learn until מצות עשה: 9 מצות לא תעשה: pshat? visiting hours 11 start. *Revered Magid Shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaath. TorahThoughts R’ Leib, the Rosh Hayeshiva’s son, was their suffering if it will enhance their appreciation of the salvation and וְהִ גַּדְתָּלְבִ נְָךבַּיּוֹם הַּ הוּא … )שְ מוֹת יג:ח( just niftar, and I was bringing the Rosh to remember the miracles — מִשָּרָּ שֵ י הַּ מִ צְ וָּ הלְ מִ צְ וָּ ה ו s Kindness (see’ד' …Psst! Please can Hayeshiva upstairs when he stopped. And you shall relate to your children on that day .(took us out of the slavery ד' are directly related when ת וֹ רָּ ה in the מִ צְ וֹ ת you find a way to Do you know how many changed ד' remembering [the miracles of] our The primary message is to remember that ,זֵ כֶ רלִ יצִ יאַת מִ צְ רָּ יִ ם of מִ ו צְ ָּ ה move Rebbi away from ??? to the this area? Oy, there is R’ ‘nature’ and showed the entire world that He controls the universe. but there , מִ צְ וֹ ת alone there are 19 פָּ רָּ שָּ ה In this week’s ? מִ צְ רַּ ִי ם Weintraub. I don’t leaving , מִ צְ רַּ ִי ם leave כְ ל לַּ י ִ שְ רָּ אֵ ל The purpose of all the miracles was to help ,on a permanent basis מִ צְ רַּ ִי ם want to chalilah hurt are far more, such as not moving back to .as well ( מִ ו צְ ָּ ה ה) קָּרְ בָּן פֶסַּ ח related which is the purpose of slaughtering the מִ צְ וֹ ת convert] for three generations), the]) מִ צְ רִ י his feelings... not marrying a is to realize that at זֵכֶ רלִ יצִ יאַת מִ צְ רָּ יִ ם that mention our Another message of מִ צְ וֹ ת There are other . צִ י צִ י ת and תְ פִ ִ ל י ן ,יוֹם טוֹב to so that we should remember the pain we that time we became an exalted Jewish nation. We changed from , מִ צְ רַּ ִי ם servitude, in , שִ עְ ב וּ ד נ בְ יֵ י ִ שְ רָּ אֵ ל to His Chosen nation called ,יַּעֲקֺב children of ,בְ נֵי יַּעֲקֺב suffered and treat a slave with care, or feel the pain of a widow or being such as not מִ צְ וֹ ת princes. Therefore there are , בְנ ֵ י מַּ לָּ כִ י ם poor person. and to remember leaving permitting a non-Jew to participate in the offering and eating of the ,זֵ כֶ רלִ יצִ יאַת מִ צְ רָּ יִ ם learns from חִ נּ וּ ְך The קָּרְ בָּן פֶסַּ ח and not breaking any bone of the ( מִ ו צְ ָּ ה י ג-יד) קָּרְ בָּן פֶסַּ ח Egypt, at least three messages, and possibly four. These are all part of .( מִ ו צְ ָּ ה ט ז) the obligation to recount the ,( מִ ו צְ ָּ ה כ א) סִ פוּר יְצִ יאַת מִצְרָּ יִם of מִ ו צְ ָּ ה the leaving Egypt. Another important message is to remember the haste with נ בְ יֵ י ִ שְ רָּ אֵ ל story of to כְ לַּ ל יִשְ רָּ אֵ ל When the time arrives for . מִ צְ רַּ ִי ם took us out of ד' The possible fourth message is not mentioned outright in the which to remember the hardship we be taken out of their difficulties, it can happen very quickly — in the מִ ו צְ ָּ ה since there is no separate חִ נּ וּ ְך of not eating מִצְ וֹת experienced during that bitter period of history. Although there is a ‘blink of an eye.’ This is taught to us with the .( מִ ו צְ ָּ ה י א) in our home חָּ מֵ ץ and not having (מִצְ וָּה יב) חָּ מֵ ץ Rebbi, let’s try to go the eating from מִ ו צְ ָּ ה is part of the מִ ו צְ ָּ ה this , מָּ ר וֹ ר to eat מִצְ ו ָּ המִ ן ת הַּ וֹ רָּ ה R’ Weintraub always asks the Rosh זֵ כֶ ר לִ יצִ יאַת to recognize all the messages of זוֹכֶ ה to the room now; maybe May we be of remembering the bitterness מִ ו צְ ָּ ה There is no separate .קָּרְ בָּן פֶסַּ ח Yeshiva how is his son feeling...The the in the ‘blink of an גְאוּלָּה may we see the ultimate זְ כ וּ ת and in this מִ צְ רָּ ִי ם they will let us come in a does not focus on past כְ לַּ ל יִשְ רָּ אֵ ל .Rosh Yeshiva doesn’t want to tell R’ itself. This teaches an eternal lesson few minutes early. בִ מְ הֵ רָּ הבְ י ָּ מֵ י נ וּ אָ מֵ ן ’Weintraub about the petirah, as this eye ספר החנוך על פרשת השבוע :only focuses on Adapted from כְ ל לַּ י ִ שְ רָּ אֵ ל .suffering by itself, for that has no purpose will cause him anguish... of Yahrtzeits our Gedolim Gedolim Glimpses renowned for his , זַ צַ ״ ל R’ Eliezer Silver כְּ לַ ל selfless dedication on behalf of ר׳ בּוּנִ ם born in Obeliai, Lithuania, to , זַ צַ ״ ל R' Eliezer Silver ט' שבט learned in Dvinsk with the Rogatchover , מַ לְ כָּ ה and צֶ מַ ח 5728 — 5642 would often travel throughout , יִ שְּ רָ אֵ ל 1968 — 1882 At .ר׳ ַח ִיים סוֹלוֹב ֵײ ִצ׳יק and ( א וֹ ר שָּ מֵ חַ ) ר ׳ מֵ אִ רי שִ מְ חָּ ה ,Gaon Grodzinski. In 1907, R' the USA and Canada to raise funds ר׳ ַח ִיים עוֹ ֶזר from סְ מִ י כ ָּ ה Even in the midst of this tragedy Rav Shmuel the age of 24, he received first and deliver fiery speeches for his , רָּ ב Berenbaum was thinking of another person’s feelings. Silver immigrated to the USA with his wife Pearl, taking a position as in New York, then in Pennsylvania, and later on in Massachusetts. In 1931, Yiddishe brethren during their most in Cincinnati, where he remained until difficult hour. He had a unique way to רָּ ב he accepted an offer to serve as of his host’s food. It כַשְּ רוּת and established deal with the אֲ תגֻדַ יִשְרָּאֵ ל He founded the American branch of . פְ י טִ רָּ ה his was born in Knyszyn, Poland, to and . He learned under In 1949, he founded the Chofetz Chaim Day School in .וַ עַ דהַ צָּ לָּ ה the גיטל ר׳ אַריה לײבּ ר׳ שמוּאל ברנבּוֹים זצ״ל in Baranovitch and later went to Mir, Poland. At the onset of WWII, the is said that he brought his own food in his ר׳ אלחנן וסרמן זצ״ל top hat. He would explain to the host that he צֶ מַ ח in 1960. His son, R' David, published עַ נְ פֵ י אֶ רֶ ז fled across Russia Cincinnati. He published ישיבה was forced to move to Vilna, Lithuania. Miraculously, the ישיבה ! שְּ חִ י טָ ה in 1968. ate chicken only from his own אֶ רֶ ז .moved to the USA ישיבה to Kobe, Japan, and then to Shanghai, China. After the war, the married R’ Avrohom Kalmanowitz’s daughter. In 1952, he became the ר׳ שמוּאל for the next 56 ישיבה and led the ר׳ שרגא משה together with his brother-in-law ראשׁ ישיבה לע״נ ר׳ ישראל בן אברהם ז"ל were legendary, his greatest legacy Dedication opportunities are available. If you would like to sponsor or receive this publication שמחת החיים knowledge and תּוֹרה years. 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