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Rabbi Shimon Finkelman The Bluzhever Rebbe n:>i:i? P'I~ i:>t 5650/1889-5750/1989 A Biographical Appreciation "when I entered this hall. ted to sit In the company of this I considered reciting the gaon and tzaddik, a legend in his · Shehechiyanu· bless­ time and a living remnant of times ing. to thank Hashem for having that were long gone. permitted me to live to this great The Bluzhever Rebbe is widely day. For I had the privilege of being known for his heroism during the present at the first Knessia Holocaust, and for the spiritual Gedolah [in 1923] ofAgudath Israel courage with which he infused when the world-renowned gaon. the others during those harrowing days. Lubliner Rav Rabbi Meir Shapiro. 'Shehechiyanu: But I can offer This. however, is only one aspect of presented his plan of the study of praise and gratitude to the Ribbono his life story, which spanned a Daf Yomi. ... The tumultuous shel Olam that I have merited to be century; he was Rav of the city of excitement with which the gaonim here today and witness this sight Prochnik before the First World War, and tzaddikim of that time reacted with my own eyes. and a prominent Chassidic leader to his wondrous proposal still rings 1JO!'l N' ')J 0\1Ji1 '10n in Galicia before the Second World in my ears.... It was an awesome 'Jt.:io Pnni 1':7J N' 'J War. Then, after enduring unspeak­ sight. "Hashem's kindness has not able suffering during the Holocaust. "Also ringing in my ears. however. ended, nor has His compassion for he arrived on these shores to build are the cries and screams of the my sake been exhausted." anew and become one of the most 6,000,000 holy martyrs who were With these words, Rabbi Yisroel active, influential, and beloved cast into the flames during the Spira, the Bluzhever Rebbe, opened Torah leaders in America. Wherever Second World War.... Thus, my joy his address at the seventh DafYomi he went. scores sought the Rebbe's at this occasion is tempered by the Siyum HaShas in 1975. He was personal counsel and blessings, pain which those memories evoke. then eighty-five years old, still a very which he Imparted with warmth, Therefore, I cannot reel te a active personality on the Torah sensitivity and astuteness. To do his Rabbi Finkelman, a rebbt Jn Yeshiva Darchel scene and a powerful speaker. While memory adequate justice Is an Torah, Far Rockaway, N.Y., is a frequent con­ he expressed his gratitude for hav­ Impossible task. At best. we can tributor to these pages, most recently, a bio­ ing lived to that day, many who were attempt to trace the steps of his graphy of the Skolye Rebbe '".St.