by rabbiweiner | Jan 15, 2017 | Inspirational Stories
It was on August ’16, 1939, that Papa and Mama began their voyage to Eretz Yisrael. They were scheduled to dock at Haifa port on Wednesday, August 30. Arrangements were made for Papa and Mama to stay in Haifa for a few days at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Alfa,...
by rabbiweiner | Jan 15, 2017 | Inspirational Stories
Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz recalls: During my tenure as chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, the Klausenberger Rebbe asked me whether I could help his hospital by allocating it a grant. I invited all the members of the Finance Committee to at- tend a meeting in Kiryat...
by rabbiweiner | Jan 3, 2017 | Inspirational Stories
In the city of Luban, Russia lived a sinister man who made it his life’s mission to inform on his Jewish brothers and gaining fevers from local government officials in return for juicy gossip and dirt on the Jews of the city. As a result of his information often...
by rabbiweiner | Dec 28, 2016 | Inspirational Stories
In 1901, when Reb Moshe Feinstein was 6 years old, a pogrom forced Reb David, his family, and the other Jews of Uzda to run for their lives. When the Rav and his family returned six weeks later, they found that a talmid chacham who had come to the town in the interim...
by rabbiweiner | Dec 18, 2016 | Inspirational Stories
Reb Yaakov Kamenetzky had the ability to find arguments that could be grasped by secular leaders with whom he met as a representative of the Orthodox world. The talent to view the world from another’s perspective that constituted much of his genius as a...
by rabbiweiner | Dec 13, 2016 | Inspirational Stories
Rav Chaim Soloveitchik’s dedication to the people of his city was expressed poignantly the day a great fire swept through Brisk in 1895. As was the norm in those days, most buildings in the city were made of wood, and when a fire began in one house, the flames spread...
