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Timely Stories - Y.Tilles — Mikeitz 5781

Выпуск: Timely Stories - Y.Tilles — Mikeitz 5781. Темы: не определены автоматически. the "TillesTells Saturday Night Stories” WhatsApp group Story in PDF format for more convenient printing A Chanuka Blaze Reb Mordechai Chanzin frequently found himself behind bars, repeatedly arrested for his “counter-revolutionary” activities to preserve the flickering flame of Judaism in the Soviet Union. The latter faced Reb Mordechai and said in a trembling voice, “I too am a Jew, and I beg you to make sure that the future generations of our people will know to light the Chanukah candles.” Postscript: In 1956, a few years following Stalin’s death, hundreds of thousands of prisoners were pardoned and their names cleared. In the dead of night, in a small garden shed, the hardy crew crowded around their makeshift menorah and listened to Reb Mordechai’s emotional voice as he recited the first blessings, tears trickling down his cheeks. Mustering courage he did not feel, Reb Mordechai addressed the judge, “We are Jews, and we lit the candles that night to observe the holiday of Chanukah.” “You lit Chanukah candles? A decade later, through the efforts of the Rebbe, he was allowed to immigrate to Israel, where he was reunited with his brother Dovid, the rabbi of Petach Tikva. Whatever indifference he was able to afford until then vanished in the terror-stricken realization that his fellow brothers also would be led to their deaths. There’s no point in killing them; they are not worth even one bullet.” The guards marched out, and Reb Mordechai was again left alone with the judge. “You see?” he remarked, half smiling, half trembling; “this is how you light Chanukah candles.” And soon there was nothing remaining of the pile. One bitter Siberian winter, as Chanukah approached, a group of young Jewish men, all prisoners of the Gulag, convened for a short meeting. …Hmm, Chanukah candles….” Composing himself, the judge called to the two guards present in the courtroom and asked them to stand outside.

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Timely Stories - Y.Tilles

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2 декабря 2021 г.

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