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Timely Stories - Y.Tilles — Vayikra 5783

Выпуск: Timely Stories - Y.Tilles — Vayikra 5783. Темы: не определены автоматически. We could not sit leisurely and recite the Haggadah, but in those moments we each prayed—more fervently than ever before or ever since—the words that still ring in my ears: “Next year in Jerusalem.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source: Edited by Yerachmiel Tilles from a report by Asharon Baltazar on Chabad.org, based on and translated from Yaakov Friedman's memoirs, Tiferet Yaakov (Hebrew), written by his son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Horowitz. Biographical note: Rabbi Yekusiel-Yehudah Halberstam [10 Shvat 5665 – Shabbat, [(January 10, 1905 – June 18, 1994) 9 Tammuz 5754, the same week as the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s passing)], the Klausenberger Rebbe, was a Holocaust survivor who also became the post-war Rebbe of the Sanz Chassidim. One of the foremost Chasidic leaders of his generation, he is best known for his revitalization of the study of Talmud through "Mifal HaShas" and the building of a hospital, Laniado, in Netanya, that functions at the highest standards of Jewish law and medical practice. The three of us -- Reb Yekusiel Halberstam (the Klausenburger Rebbe), Yaakov Friedman and I (Moshe Goldstein) -- ground the wheat in the dead of night, and using a clean piece of cloth, sifted the flour from grit. The bombings left the Germans rattled and fearful, and for the initial days following the air raid, the inspection of prisoners at camp gates was enforced almost half-heartedly. The relentless droning of American aircraft filled the German skies, followed by the whistling hail of bombs that pounded the Mühldorf railway complex into rubble. Reb Sender Direnfeld, a fellow inmate and a Belzer Chassid, offered to hide the wheat, and amazingly, he managed to keep it away from prying German eyes. the "TillesTells Saturday Night Stories” WhatsApp group The Death Camp Matzah Squad In the days preceding Passover, the war was nearing its end. Lugging the sacks through the main gates didn’t even occur to me; the wheat would be confiscated and I would be shot without a second thought. For those celebrating, the hardships of the Holocaust and daily camp life melted away as we experienced the Biblical redemption from Egypt.

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Timely Stories - Y.Tilles

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