1 CROWN HEIGHTS NewsPAPER ~July 25, 2008 כאן צוה ה’ את הברכה CommunityNewspaper פרשת מםות | כב' תמוז , תשס”ח | בס”ד WEEKLY VOL. I | NO 36 JULY 25, 2008 | TAMMUZ 22, 5768 A TRIBUTE TO Reb Shneur Zalman THis Weeks Hero Yissocer Getzel Halevi REB ZALMAN YEHUDA DEITSCH PAGE 2 A SHADCHAN THE REBBES STORY FOR YOUR CAREER? THE HILLEL FOUNDATION MEETS THE REBBE PAGE 15 PAGE 13 ALL YOUR FAVORITE COLUMNS ITS TEEN TIME! FOR YOUR sHABBOS RELAXATION OHR CHAYA MUSHKA: WHAT AN EXCITING SUMMER! DON'T MISS IT! SUBSCRIBE PAGE 15 CHP5768@GMAIL,COM Beis Din of Crown Heights 390A Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Tel- 718~604~8000 Fax: 718~771~6000 Rabbi A. Osdoba: ❖ Monday to Thursday 10:30AM - 11:30AM at 390A Kingston Ave. ☎Tel. 718-604-8000 ext.37 or 718-604-0770 Sunday-Thursday 9:30 PM-11:00PM ~Friday 2:30PM-4:30 PM ☎Tel. (718) - 771-8737 Rabbi Y. Heller is available daily 10:30 to 11:30am ~ 2:00pm to 3:00pm at 788 Eastern Parkway # 210 718~604~8827 ❖ & after 8:00pm 718~756~4632 Rabbi Y. 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Now behind him rode a man Heights This coming Sunday, Chof Daled Tam- for the owner, therefore, if it is verified with two horses. He too urged his horses muz, Yidden will recite the Hallel that the insurance is not obligated to in thinking with a bit of prodding his Question Prokim as part of the Tehillim of Chitas. cover the damage, a person would then horses could catch up to the man with The words of Praise express the deep prohibited to continue in court in order the three horses. Unknown to him was A person entered appreciation we have for the Almighty to obligate the person to pay. that the man with the three horses was another person’s and the wondrous miracles He wrought really competing with the man with home, and as a for us. Once these precious words of Because: the four horses. And so it continued to result of dirt on Dovid HaMelech are offered we feel the man with the one horse who tried the staircase, the ennobled, a notch higher than before. From the perspective of the dayan in to catch up with the man with the two person slipped. Is Bais Din, the owner is not obligated This coming Sunday Chof Daled Tam- horses who in reality was competing one permitted to sue the owner in court to pay when a person got hurt on his muz is the 25th Yartzeit of Reb Shneur with the man with the four horses. No in order to collect from the owner’s property. It is stated in Shulchan Aruch, Zalman Yissocer Getzel Halevi ben Reb wonder the horse dropped shortly. Zeide insurance-- the owner can argue that Choshen Mishpat chapt. 412, that in a Sholem, a”h. The extended Rubashkin again let the lesson sink in. He left the this is damaging to him? location where there are things that can family and friends will offer their added thinking to us. cause a person to slip, a person needs heartfelt gratitude c/o the Hallel verses Answer All grandchildren love their grandpar- to be aware and protect himself. In a of the Tehillim of the day. The grace ents. They mirror and respond to the home, where there are young children, and the privilege of having had a Zaide In Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat unconditional love and warmth. They it happens quite often that items are Getzel is something to continually thank chapter 26, it cites the strict prohibi- know they are the heroes and heroines left on the floor, which can cause one Hashem for. Zeide was a marvelous tion against going to court. The only in the eyes of their grandparents. What to stumble or slip, and one should have model, a life example of a true chosid, a exception would be when one does grandparent doesn’t light up when seeing noticed them while walking up the True Pnimi. It’s also interesting to note not adhere to the Bais Din, his plaintiff staircase. And there is no reason to that the Hayom Yom of Chof would then receive a special consent obligate the owner for the damages. Daled Tammuz describes the from the Bais Din to summon the character of a Pinimi. defendant to court. When one summons the owner and Zeide Getzel was an original. not the insurance, it is a prohibition of Surely,, one is not allowed to cause He was a colorful fellow. He going to court. damages to another person’s money by had his own inimitable style summoning him to court, as it is cited and signature. They reflected Regarding the issue that this claim in Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat his deep concern for what may cause an increase in the insurance chapt. 388. Regarding this aspect, even was right and respectful. He premium, it would be appropriate that when one had refused to come to the possessed a sharp wit along the plaintiff should cover the costs of Bais Din, there is no granted permission with an endless treasury of the insurance increase, because one to cause pain to the person by going to stories with which to elucidate is forbidden to cause any damage to court and subpoenaing the defendant every concept and circum- the owner through court. And since, in person or financially. stance. In his earlier years in any case, the insurance reimburses Zeide would express freely his the plaintiff more than what the Torah But in the situation when the claim is thoughts and his observations, requires, therefore the plaintiff should, against the insurance and in order to but in his later years he was on a monthly basis, reimburse the sum collect from the insurance, he needs to more reticent. At his 80th of the increase that the owner had to pay file a complaint against the owner--this birthday surrounded by his as a result of this claim, until the owner is not forbidden. Since it is known that children, grandchildren and changes to another insurance policy. one cannot claim insurance in a Bais great-grandchildren, gathered Din, and the only option to obligate to celebrate with l’Chaim, he It would be noteworthy to mention that the insurance to pay is by filing a claim relented. In appreciation of the owner should assist the plaintiff to in court. the occasion and in response collect his reimbursement from the to our proddings, Zeida shared a few their grandchildren? Their dreams, their insurance and surely not hinder or In such a case, it is cited in the pos- stories. We never forgot them. Their yearnings their hopes are invested in stop the plaintiff from receiving his kim that this is not included in the lessons penetrated and enriched us. The their grandchildren. We felt all this and damages. prohibition of going to court, and as wisdom gleaned, served us in countless more when visiting our grandparents. it is stated in detail in the Tshuvos of ways. Who could forget the twinkle in the Clarification the Bais Yitzchok Choshen Mishpat eye, the animated facial expression, A country yokel inherited a silver spoon. the profuse blessings. They fuel us ‘til In last week’s column, we discussed What use did he have for a singular, silver today. As an adult grandchild, BH, a that when one rented or leased a car, spoon---none he decided. So he went grandmother myself, I continuously Newspaper and he received a ticket – who would to the trading store and received a few Community cherish the blessing of having known be responsible for the payment? coupons in lieu of the silver spoon. Up my grandparents. 392 Kingston Avenue and down the aisles he went, but couldn’t Brooklyn, NY 11225 It seemed from some of our readers, find anything that caught his fancy until What I realize now that I haven’t consid- Published & edited weekly by the Vaad Hakohol that the final conclusion lacked some he found a lacquered, colorful, wooden ered previously is how unique and amaz- of Crown Heights. clarity. spoon. Gleefully he gave the agent the ing our grandparents were in their own Moshe Rubashkin, Rosh Hakohol coupons, and it was only a while after generation. Fooled by their exceptional Dr. Tzvi (Harvey) Lang, Chairman The answer is the obligation falls on when he left that he realized that he modesty, we didn’t realize then that we Rabbi Plotkin, Secretary the one who rented\leased the car, as had traded a silver spoon for a wooden were provided with an encounter of truth Layout: SimplyUnique ([email protected]) it is cited in Shulchan Aruch Choshen spoon.