Rebbe did not poskin

 

  • In another instance with regards to a child who suddenly stopped speaking and the parents tried chiropractic treatments as a last resort, the Rebbe replied as follows, “This is a form of treatment that many doctors have begun to use and is called chiropractic. This treatment does not involve any supernatural form of healing, and both those who practice it and those who don’t, agree that it is a physiological form of healing and it is only debated as to its efficacy and nothing more. Accordingly, this should serve as an answer to the question of whether it is Halachically permitted to continue with such treatment. However, since it is not my calling to answer Halachic questions, they should therefore gain thorough knowledge about all the details of the treatment and then turn to a Rav in their area who can give a Halachic ruling regarding it. Regarding if it is good advice, outside of the Halachic aspects, to continue to visit this Dr., since you already see an improvement then it’s advisable to continue.”[6]

rashab

 According to a friend, Chofetz Chaim said Rashab was gadol hador. written by cc's sons. 

in the end he will attain it

 

The lesson from this story about my mother is as follows: Whenever a Jew makes a sincere decision to conduct himself according to the Torah and disregard all obstacles and opposition, he will eventually succeed. Although is goal may elude him for many years (as in the above-mentioned case, when for years no one had been permitted to emigrate, and even those few privileged individuals who left were certainly not allowed to take along any writings), in the end he will attain it, for he is on a mission from G-d, and “the word of our G-d is forever.” Lub. Rebbe, 6 Tishrei, 5742, A Mother in Israel, p. XI.

R' Yeshayah Steiner

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshayah_Steiner


Yeshayah Steiner

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Yeshayah Steiner
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TitleReb Shayeleh Kerestirer
Personal
Born1852
Zborov, Bardejov District
Died27 April 1925
ReligionJudaism
Parents
  • Rabbi Moshe Steiner (father)
  • Hentcha Miryam Steiner (mother)
Jewish leader
SuccessorRabbi Avrohom Steiner
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BuriedBodrogkeresztúr
DynastyKerestir
The grave of Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner

Yeshaya Steiner (Yiddish: ישעיה שטיינער‎; known as Reb Shaya'la of Kerestir (Kerestirer); Yiddish: ר' ישעיה'לה קערעסטירער‏‎) (1851 – 27 April 1925), was a Rebbe in the town of Kerestir (Bodrogkeresztúr) near Miskolc in Hungary.

Biography[edit]

Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner was born in 1851 to Rabbi Moshe and Hentsha Miriam Steiner in the village of Zborov near Bardeyov (today in Slovakia). When he was 3 years old, his father died. At the age of 12, his mother sent him to study in Hungary with Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Liska the author of Ach Pri Tevua, who later appointed him as his servant (Gabbai). When Tzvi Hirsh died and his son-in-law Rabbi Chaim Friedlander author of Tal Chaim succeeded him, Steiner started travelling to Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. After the death of Rabbi Chaim of Sanz, he became a disciple of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer. Rabbi Mordechai Leifer suggested that he move to the town of Kerestir, in Hungary.

In Kerestir, Steiner became a Hasidic Rebbe and became known as a miracle worker,[1] and tens of thousands of Hasidim came to his court.

He was known as hospitable on an institutional scale. In recent years, hospitality projects have developed in his town of Kerestir.

Steiner's image is used as an amulet by those Jews who believe that it wards away mice and offers protection against misfortune.[2]

His children were: Rabbi Avraham; Kreintsheh wife of Rabbi Shmuel Gross Rabbi of Krula; Rivka Feiga, wife of Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein, Rabbi of Snina; and Rachel the wife of Rabbi Yisrael Avraham Alter Landa Rabbi of Edelin and author of Beith Yisrael. In 1925 he was succeeded by his son Avraham.

Descendants[edit]

  • Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rubin, Grand Rabbi of Kerestir in Borough Park, Brooklyn
  • Rabbi Naftali Grosz (1901–1987) Grand Rabbi of Kerestir-Berbesht, Son-in-Law of Rabbi Avraham Steiner. Brooklyn New York, Israel, Miami Beach. After Grosz died in 1988, his son, Rabbi Rafeal Grosz, (also known as Rabbi Armin Grosz), became the new Kerestir Rebbe in Miami Beach.
  • Rabbi Yeshaya Gross, eldest son of Rabbi Naftali Grosz, of Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Grand Rabbi of Kerestir-Berbesht, Brooklyn NY, Desert Hot Springs California.

Kerestir Dynasty[edit]

  • Rebbe Yeshayah Steiner (1852–1925)
    • Rebbe Avrohom Steiner (1883–1927), son of Rebbe Yeshaya (Rebbe from 1925 to 1927)
    • Rabbi Shmuel Gross, son-in-law of Rebbe Yeshaya
    • Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein, son-in-law of Rebbe Yeshaya
    • Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Alter Landa, son-in-law of Rebbe Yeshaya
      • Rebbe Meir Yosef Rubin of Kerestir, son-in-law of Rebbe Avrohom
      • Rebbe Naftoli Gross of Debrecen (died 1988), brother of Rabbi Yeshaya's son-in-law Rabbi Shmuel and son-in-law of Rebbe Avrohom
        • Rebbe Rafael Gross (1928–2007) - Kerestir Rebbe of Miami Beach, Florida, son of Rebbe Naftoli
          • Rebbe Chananyah Gross - Kerestir Rebbe of Woodridge, NY, son of Rebbe Rafael
        • Rebbe Yeshaya Grosz - (died on 2nd AdarI 5776) Kerestir-Berbesht Rebbe of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, son of Rebbe Naftoli
          • Rabbi Reuven Grosz (the former Rabbi of Karlsbad, disciple and adopted ben bayis of Rabbi Yeshaya Grosz) - Brachfeld, E. Israel
        • Rabbi Yoishua Moishe Baruch of Woodmere, son of Rebbe Naftali
        • Rebbi Alter Krausz - present Kerestir Rebbe in Monsey, NY, USA.
        • Rabbi Shmuel David Krausz, grandchild of Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom.
          • Rabbi Mayer Yosef Rubin, son of Rabbi Mendel Monroe, NY, USA Rabbi in Kerestir Since 1991

References[edit]

  1. ^ Avraham Yaakov Finkel (1994). Contemporary Sages: The Great Chasidic Masters of the Twentieth Century. J. Aronson. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-56821-155-8. Before long, Reb Yeshayahle gained fame as a miracle worker, a tzaddik whose prayers are answered, and a man of legendary generosity. From near and far people flocked to him, seeking his advice and help.
  2. ^ Oholei Tzadikim Website

External links[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Levi Grossman (1943). שם ושארית Shem uSheirith. Jerusalem.

Torah alone (even though it is itself wisdom) does not suffice

The Alter Rebbe explains that the light of the Shechinah must garb itself in wisdom, which is oil. For (as previously explained) wisdom, or intellect, is the vessel and “garment” for the light of the Shechinah, which is — Chochmah as it is garbed in Torah. Yet, in order to draw down the light of the Shechinah so that it will shine upon the divine soul of the Jew, more than oil is necessary; one must also have a wick. Oil is transformed into light through the medium of a wick. It is the wick, which itself is burned, which keeps the fire from being extinguished. In spiritual terms the wick refers to the vivifying soul which provides the person with physical life. This wick is burned through Torah and mitzvot. Just as the physical wick burns and is annihilated by the fire, so do the garments of thought, speech and action of the vivifying soul become burned in the light of the Shechinah through the Torah and mitzvot which a Jew studies and performs. It is for this reason that the oil must also consist of “good deeds,” mitzvot, which have their source in G‑d’s wisdom; Torah alone (even though it is itself wisdom) does not suffice. For only through the action required by the mitzvot will the light of the Shechinah be drawn down into the wick — the vivifying soul. This is accomplished when the vivifying soul is burned thoroughly in the light of the Shechinah which shines on one’s head.

A battle grows in Brooklyn over Borough Park’s oldest surviving synagogue

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-battle-grows-in-brooklyn-to-save-borough-parks-oldest-surviving-synagogue/

A battle grows in Brooklyn over Borough Park’s oldest surviving synagogue

Legal dispute has locked the doors of Chevra Anshei Lubawitz since the 112-year-old building was purchased for $3.1 million to be demolished for a six-story condo

R. Eizik of Homel (1857)

R. Eizik of Homel (1857)

Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Epstein (1770-1857), who served as the rabbi of the town of Homel in White Russia for 58 years, was a leading figure in the first three generations of Chabad Chassidism. As a young man, he became attracted to the teachings of the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, and remained a devoted follower of the 2nd and 3rd Rebbes, Rabbi DovBer and Rabbi Menachem Mendel. He authored a number of Chassidic works, including Sh'tei HaMeorot and Chanah Ariel.

is this the diff between the litvacks and chassidim?

 





Do you see this fine thing?
Do you admire the humanity of it?
Because the Human Beings, my son,...
...they believe everything is alive.
Not only man and animals,...
...but also water, earth, stone.
And also the things from them,...
...like that hair.
The man from whom this hair came,...
...he's bald on the other side,...
...because I now own his scalp.
That is the way things are.
But the white men,...
...they believe
everything is dead:...
...stone, earth, animals,...
...and people,
even their own people.
If things keep trying to live,
white men will rub them out.
That is the difference.

Did the litvish world pick this up from the goyim?
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