The following episode is related regarding the Brisker Rav, illustrating his utter devotion to his father and mentor, R’ Chaim Soloveitchik. Is There a Doctor in the House? During his own tenure as rav of the city of Brisk, R’ Chaim Soloveitchik was attended to by a personal physician, a certain Dr. Shereshevsky. While far from the spiritual level of the great sage, the good doctor was nonetheless quite [...]
Moshe, King of Yisrael In an earlier parshah, Moshe was commanded to fashion the chatzotzros (trumpets): וַיְדַבֵּר ד' אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר, עֲשֵֹה לְךָ שְׁתֵּי חֲצוֹצְרֹת כֶּסֶף – “And Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying: Make for yourself two trumpets of silver” (Bamidbar 10:1, 2). In describing their function, Rashi states: שֶׁיִהְיוּ תּוֹקְעִין לְפָנֶיךָ כַּמֶלֶךְ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֱאֶמַר וַיְהִי בִישֻׁרוּן מֶלֶךְ – “So that they shall trumpet before you as (is done for) a king, in accordance with what [...]
Just recently (Parshas Korach) we beheld a poignant example of the care and concern Hashem extends to all of His creatures, including abject resha’im (wicked ones). As highlighted in Mishnas Chayim, it was for this reason that Elazar was instructed to gather the used fire pans of the burned members of Korach’s company. Why wasn’t this task charged to Aharon himself? After all, he was the protagonist, the very target [...]
By Margie Pensak As the West Coast director of The National Association of Chevra Kadisha (NASCK), headed by Rabbi Elchonon Zohn, Robin Meyerson has no shortage of sagas to share about educating the unaffiliated regarding the importance of kevurah k’halachah. Her volunteer position includes training hospice workers under the auspices of her Rav, Rabbi Ariel Shoshan, and Rabbi Yehoshua Fromowitz of Ahavas Torah: The Scottsdale Torah Center, and [...]
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