Seder Moed · dafim 2–29
Finished February 10, 2022 in this cycle. 4 articles, 5 stories
Rav Shmuel Eliezer HaLevi Eidels, more commonly known as the Maharsha, was Rosh HaYeshiva in Austroha. At one point due to the great influx of talmidim to his Yeshiva, the community decided to erect a larger building.
Can you find the fallacy in the following story? The Katzenstein family follows all the stringencies of the Chazon Ish. Mr. Katzenstein asks his son Yossele, “Please go to the store and buy some bread; make sure it is…
Rabbi Chiya’s father had a son, Aivu, from a previous marriage of his. Rabbi Chiya’s mother had a daughter, Ima, from a previous marriage of hers.
A poor man secretly spent almost all he had to honor the Maharsha with a yeshiva's cornerstone, hoping for a child; the Maharsha blessed him, and a son was born.
At the inauguration of the first Beis HaMikdash the nation feasts even on Yom Kippur, fears punishment, and a Heavenly voice promises them the World to Come.
Rav arrives from Bavel and Rabbi Chiya asks after his parents; Rav's evasive answers tell him, without a lie, that his brother and sister have died.
The Alter of Slabodka kept news of young Rav Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman's father's death from him so he could finish Shas, valuing it above the Kaddish.
In wartime Yerushalayim, Rav Yechezkel Sarna held back news of Rav Meir Chodosh's father's death for 30 days so the Chevron yeshiva would not lose him.
In the eighth volume of the Igros Moshe, there is a fascinating teshuvah written to Rav Efraim Greenblatt, zt”l. This teshuvah, which is the 20th one in the sefer, comprises many varied and disparate topics.
