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Developments on Rashi's Gravesite in Troyes
A week after the Yated Ne'eman's revelation of an ancient document identifying the gravesite of the Master of all Diaspora Jewry, Rabbenu Shlomo Yitzchaki, Rashi HaKadosh, a new significant development has emerged. Torah researchers and local investigators in Troyes, France, have united in a joint effort of an extensive research project to reveal the precise burial site of Rashi within the boundaries of the ancient Jewish cemetery that was destroyed.
The Emir of Qatar Received a Delegation of Rabbonim from Islamic countries which came to offer condolences over the demise of his father. Rabbi Hitrik, chairman of the Union of Rabbonim from Islamic countries, led the delegation which was received in the palace in Doha.
The delegation consisted of the Chief Rabbi of Iran, Rav Yehuda Grami; the Chief Rabbi of Nigeria; Rav Yisrael Uzan and the Rav of the Jewish community in Qatar; Rav Eliyahu Hitrik. Also present at the meeting were the Qatar Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister; Sheik Mohammed ben Abu Avd A-Rachman el Ta'ani; and head of the Emirite divan.
A terrible attack took place this week in Germany in the course of a public event, perpetrated by a Muslim fanatic. A German expert on radicalism published a caustic article in which he condemned the public talk in the country and demanded a stop to calling events in general terms of 'extremists' or 'violence' and, rather, insisted that the public come out and term such occurrences by name: Islamism.
"Enough. Enough of cliches. Enough of empty reactions, evasions and general terminology where the same verbiage is used repeatedly instead of calling things by their true label," he wrote. "Come - let's call it by its name: this is Islamism. Not radicalism in a vacuum, not 'violence' without a real address or an act by an 'isolated and befuddled terrorist'; this is an ideology which has a name, a list of enemies with a shut world-view which sanctifies murder."
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This hesped was first published thirty years ago, in 1996.
Among the many towns dotting the countryside of Romania is a town called Vasloi. Although not a particularly important town, in the years before the Second World War it became a household word among Jews across the country, for in it lived the famed tzaddik Reb Sholom Halpern, who became known as the Rebbe of Vasloi. He was regarded by all who saw him as an ish Elokim, and thousands came from far and wide to see him and to receive his brocho.
Reb Sholom was born on the 15th of Shevat 5617 (1857). His father was Reb Dovid Halpern, who was a son-in-law of the Rebbe, Reb Yisroel of Ruzhin zt'l. Reb Dovid was from a distinguished line of famous rabbonim and gedolim. Reb Dovid, however, refused to accept the yoke of rabbonus, preferring to remain within the shadow of his shver, the Ruzhiner zt'l, where he could sit and learn without interruption.
Despite his reticence, Reb Dovid soon made a name for himself as a major talmid chochom. Blessed with a very sharp head, his comments and sayings were passed from mouth to ear. On one occasion when the Ruzhiner gave him a brocho that Hashem should fulfill all his heart's desires, Reb Dovid asked: "Is that all?"
"Isn't that enough?" the Ruzhiner asked him back in surprise.
"There are things which happen to a person which he doesn't even dream of," Reb Dovid explained. "Did it ever occur to me that one day I would end up being the Rebbe's son-in-law? Yet it still happened!" The Ruzhiner smiled at Reb Dovid's original answer and blessed him that Hashem should help him in whatever he needs, even if he does not know that he needs it.
As a young child, Reb Dovid's son Reb Sholom was recognized to possess an extraordinary mind and character. However, even these attributes were exceeded by his remarkable hasmodoh and the energy he invested in his learning and avodas Hashem. Most of his waking hours were spent delving deep into Shas and poskim until he had a considerable reputation as a talmid chochom.
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HaRav Binyomin Paller, zt"l
by Betzalel Kahn
The Torah world fell into deep mourning with the petirah of one of the greatest marbitzei Torah and most venerable roshei yeshiva of our time, HaRav Binyomin Paller, zt"l, the rosh yeshiva of Mekor Chaim in Boro Park, New York. His levaya in Yerushalayim was attended by HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro and HaRav Shmuel Auerbach as well as by many roshei yeshiva and thousands of bnei Torah. It took place both in the United States and Jerusalem.
HaRav Binyomin Paller was born in Brisk. His father, HaRav Yitzchok, was a descendant of HaRav Moshe of Kobrin and one of the most prominent talmidei chachomim in Brisk. His mother was from the illustrious family of Rabbi Moshe Isserles, the Rama.
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Argentina, Argentina, Where Is That?
by S. Fried
About a hundred and eleven years ago, in 5649 (1889), a group of 136 Jewish families left Europe to try to build a better life farming in the vast undeveloped areas of Argentina in South America. They were the first of thousands more that arrived over the next 20 years in Argentina propelled by the vision of Baron Maurice Hirsch and ejected by the terrible conditions they suffered under the Eastern European governments.
Much of the attraction of Argentina was the result of the vast sums invested by Baron Maurice Hirsch, a Jew with a good heart though completely without any Torah background, unfortunately. Though he knew how to make millions in business, he did not even know enough to seek Torah guidance on how to spend them.
The following paragraphs are based on the memories of Boruch Resnik, who came to Eretz Yisroel from Argentina and settled on a (secular) kibbutz. His memories appear in a booklet, Jewish Farmers in the Fields of Argentina.
At the end of 1894, a Lithuanian Jew, named Noach Katovitz, came to Mosesville as a representative of a Lithuanian group in order to investigate the area's conditions. Armed with information, he returned to his dispatchers and organized a group of forty-two families who felt that they were fit for the settlement. They brought along sifrei Torah, a shochet and two teachers. Proper housing awaited them - - two room brick houses with tin roofs. They also received four oxen, two cows, two horses, two hand-plows, a system of harrows, and a wagon with four wheels.
Their successful absorption encouraged the Lithuanians to bring other groups, and Katovitz returned to Europe to interview candidates and obtain new investors. He managed to obtain a large loan from a Jewish banker called Wallberg, and a settlement site was named after him in gratitude.
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