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Trembling, Rabbi Dushinsky ran to get help of a different nature. Given that Rabbi Moshe Feinstein lived only a few buildings away, it was only natural that Rabbi Dushinsky ask him to pray for the boy. Rabbi Dushinsky entered Rabbi Feinstein’s apartment, and immediately began describing the terrible scene that he had just witnessed, minutes before. "Can Rabbi Feinstein please pray for the young man who was just hit, and is lying, unconscious, on the street?" Rabbi Dushinsky inquired.
Rabbi Dushinsky was shocked to hear Rabbi Feinstein say "I cannot pray for him."
Rabbi Dushinsky repeated his request, elaborating on the seriousness of the situation, yet Rabbi Feinstein merely repeated his assertion that he could not pray for the accident victim.
"Why can’t Rabbi Feinstein pray for a Jewish boy who was just hit by a car?" Rabbi Dushinsky asked.
"He’s not a Jewish boy" Rabbi Feinstein asserted.
"But… but there was a kipa lying next to him!" Rabbi Dushinsky explained.
Rabbi Feinstein shook his head again, and insisted that he couldn’t pray for the boy. Rabbi Dushinsky headed back outside, to see if there was any change in the situation. After speaking to other bystanders who had witnessed the event, he learned more about what had just happened. Apparently, the Jewish boy who had successfully crossed the street was being chased by the second boy, who was intent on harming him. The Jewish boy had run across the street in an attempt to get away from his pursuer. As he ran, his yarmulka fell to the ground. The pursuer followed his intended victim into the street, at which point the pursuer was hit by a car, and fell not far from the fallen yarmulka.
Astounded, Rabbi Dushinsky returned to Rabbi Feinstein’s house, and asked how the rabbi could possibly have known the identity of the accident victim. Rabbi Feinstein explained that it was impossible that a Jew would be hit by a car so close to where Rabbi Feinstein assiduously learned Torah.
(Based on Darchei Moshe, part B.)
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(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
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(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
P'ninat Mishpat Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
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Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh)
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh)
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Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the cornerstone laying for the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh – 1938)
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the cornerstone laying for the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh – 1938)
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Parshat Eikev
Description: The 7 Haftarot we read after Tisha B'Av ("Shiva D'Nichemta") surely get us excited that they're coming TRUE, and awaken us to yearn, dance & join the return to Zion! The short article also deals with the problems and solutions facing the American Jewish community as discussed at a recent panel, as well as the question why Jews come from America to Israel to help when we face problems, but Israelis don't come to aid Jews in America when they face anti-Semitism.
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
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Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
