Rebbetzen Tziporah: A Light For The Teiva

 Dear friends,

 

If you are at all like me, there are a lot of things that you forget. They range from where you put your glasses to who the woman sitting next to you on the bus, and who greeted you so warmly, actually is.  Then there are things you never forget. They are ingrained so deeply in your identity that even if you tried, the memory would still surface. One of them is that you are a human being and what that really means.

 

THE WORLD BEFORE THE MABUL: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE FORGET WHAT A HUMAN BEING IS

The corruption that brought the Mabul was not merely a matter of breaking rules. It reflected a profound distortion of how human beings saw one another. When people lose sight of the spiritual dimension of human life, they begin to treat others as objects to be used. Rav Dessler taught: the contrast between taking and giving relates to whether your identity is primarily your body or your soul. The body loves to take, while the soul needs to contribute and give. Your nekudas habechirah in this area is not simply whether you perform a particular good deed, but what kind of human being you are in the midst of becoming. A world built around taking eventually destroys the relationships and structures that make human life possible. 

 

As human life spiraled downward, the generation of the flood were described with the word chamas, which is translated by Targum Onkelos as “grabbers”.  Against this background, Noach stands out. He remains righteous in a world that has lost its human identity.

 

NOACH: PRESERVING A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE

The Torah introduces Noach as “אִישׁ צַדִּיק תָּמִים הָיָה בְּדֹרֹתָיו” – “A righteous man, wholehearted in his generations” (Bereishis 6:9).  

Noach's righteousness matters because he does not simply absorb the values of the society around him. He preserves a different way of seeing the world and living in it. The teivah becomes the place where that life is protected. But how can life be sustained in a world covered by darkness?

 

THE TZOHAR: A LIGHT WITHIN THE TEIVAH

Hashem commands Noach: “צֹהַר תַּעֲשֶׂה לַתֵּבָה” – “Make a tzohar for the teivah” (Bereishis 6:16).

Rashi offers two interpretations for what a ‘tzohar’ is: a window, or a precious stone that provides light. The teivah was more than a shelter from destruction. It is a place in which life can continue, sustained by a light that the darkness outside cannot extinguish. 

The Torah is a tzohar – a place where a particular vision of human life remains visible and alive, even when the surrounding world does not share it. It is the world’s blueprint and its light, the light created on the first day remains in the collective heart of Am Yisrael. 

 

My wonderful daughter in law, Judith (now Heller, but originally Ehrenreich) came from a home in which the tzohar was alive and touched the vision of reality of everyone who lived there. Her father, Reb Kalman, was a baal teshuvah. As far as we know, Atlanta was the first place where he began his journey toward Torah observance; later, he lived in Detroit. The organized frameworks and support systems available to baalei teshuvah today were not what they are now. No Ohr Samayach and no Aish.  He was building a Torah life in a different setting, without necessarily having the ready-made structures that later generations might take for granted. He had to make Torah not merely an ideal he believed in, but a way of living: the rhythm of a home, the standards by which decisions were made, the values absorbed by children, and the assumptions that shaped everyday life. 

 

When he raised a frum family in Detroit, something important had happened. What may have begun as an individual search had become the shared world of a family. That is a different achievement from personal religious growth alone. He helped make it possible for the next generation to grow up inside a world that he had to build for himself.

A child raised in a Torah home may not always recognize how much had to happen for that home to exist. What is difficult and extraordinary for one generation can become ordinary for the next. That is one of the blessings of a successful spiritual legacy. The children inherit more than practices and beliefs. They inherit a framework for understanding people, responsibility, family, suffering, joy, and the purpose of life. They grow up genuinely human. They may not have to make the same journey their parent made. But they inherit the responsibility of deciding what to do with the light that has been given to them.

 

The teivah was essential, but it was not meant to become Noach's permanent world. When the Flood ends, Noach must leave the place in which life was protected and begin the work of rebuilding life on earth. The purpose of preserving life is not simply preservation as an end goal. Life must continue, develop, and bring its values into the world.

The same is true of a Torah home. It must be a place of protection and nourishment, but its light is not meant to remain confined within its walls.

 

THE CONNECTION TO THE FAMILY:

Judith's father built a Torah home. The next generations receive that home as a gift, but also as a responsibility. They are not required to repeat his journey in precisely the same way. They are called to carry forward what he made possible, each in the circumstances of their own lives.

No two people express the same legacy in exactly the same way.

One generation gives the next a foundation, not a script for every detail of life.

The contrast between taking and giving returns here. A legacy is not fully received merely by possessing it. It is received when we allow it to shape what we give to others.

 

Each generation has its own tzohar. Learning from those who built families, and those who built the Am are both part of becoming a person who can find their own light. My daughter Devorah also makes it her task to take that light and bring it to others. She is organizing a trip to Bnei Brak, to the home of the Chazon Ish and other gedolim. You can reach her at Time4yid@gmail.com or by going to All About "A Time For Yiddishkeit" to find out more about trips, shiurim, and more.

The greatest tribute we can offer someone who built a Torah home is not merely to remember how much he accomplished. It is to recognize the light he placed in our hands –and to make sure that it continues to illuminate the lives of those who come after us.

 

Love,

Tziporah

Toras Avigdor - Noach - Elections - Unity - Floods

 Toras Avigdor on Noach read like the news we are experiencing on a day to day basis.  Some of it was eerily similiar to certain events unfolding. Included are some excerpts that capture this.

First, here is a copy of the 70 Nations that came from Noach and his Family after the Mabul:

Notice the numerous clans/offshoot from Noach's son Ham. Is this not the majority of the UN that walked out on PM Netanyahu? Does this not look like the majority of Nations on planet Earth?

All this came after the Flood (the Al-Aqsa Flood).

First by Water (more than 40 days from before Rosh HaShana), Now by Fire: Many nations/countries have been experiencing outlandish flooding by raging waters and landslides. Now some are also experiencing Fire and Earthquakes.

Now from Toras Avigdor:

The Danger of Unity

Part II. The Danger of Unity

Words and Thoughts

“Now, the question is, what could be the evil here? It sounds

like something wonderful, to keep people united! So we have to

realize when the Torah reports a certain episode, it doesn’t

mean all of the things that are put in their mouths were said by

them. Some things they say for themselves but some things were

only thoughts. We have to try to discover which are the things

that they said, and which are the things that are attributed to

them. […]

“Now, Nimrod and his cohorts said why they wanted to do

this. And ostensibly the reason was– lest we scatter over

the face of the earth.” And we understand that they said those

words; they proclaimed it as a banner to rally around […]

“The Power Tower

Which means that they were promoting this scheme because

they wanted glory and power. They said, “Lest we scatter,” but

you have to put those words into his mouth  – “we’ll

make for ourselves a name.” It means we’ll gain control.

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The Mystery of Languages

I DIGRESS: Here I am inserting something I read in 

“When The Stones Speak” by Doron Spielman: 

Ch. Palestina, pg 118 it says “…the very word Palestinian 

is of Latin origin, the language of Emperor Hadrian, 

and it cannot be pronounced in Arabic, which lacks the 

consonant “P”.  One often hears Arabic speakers 

refer to “Palestine” as “Balastine.”

From this I propose that in the “confusion of languages” that

came upon those at Bavel, maybe Hashem removed one letter

from each of several groups of “builders” from their Hebrew tongue

(because they all spoke Hebrew)  eventually becoming “scattered” 

into groups/nations (70). 

Back to Toras Avigdor

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Scattering Begins

And at that time a squabble arose, and there became a disunity,

and the plan broke up.

Part III. The Power of Disunity

The True Name of Bavel

Now, how important was this confusion of languages for the

future of mankind? How important was it to break up the unity

of irresponsible people? So it’s interesting to note that the end

of this story, it says,– And therefore — because of this confusion, 

the fight over languages — they called the place Bavel (Bereishis 11:9). 

Bavel is from balal, to “mix up” the language.

Now, everyone knows that it’s not that simple because Bavel

is not balal — Bavel is one word and balal, to confuse and mix up,

is something else. But listen now to this important rule: When

the Torah says,– and therefore,” the Torah is telling us it’s not 

like you think. The academicians and the historians think

they know: Bavel means “Bav-Bel”; they had an idol called Bel

and they called that place Bav-Bel, the gateway of Bel. That’s

why they gave it a name.

So along comes the Torah and says, “You thought at that time

that’s the reason you’re giving it a name. But actually you were

prophesying what’s going to happen […] – it’s because of this. 

It’s of the greatest importance to know that when wicked people 

get together, it’s a danger for the world and it’s vital to 

frustrate that union.

Scattered Jews

And that’s the reason why we are scattered in exile today. In

Eretz Yisroel, under the righteous kings, everybody kept the

Torah. But when we were together in Eretz Yisroel and wrong

people gained power and they had power over the entire Jewish

nation, it was a disaster.

BEWARE THE ELECTION of 

UNITED ENEMIES OF THE TORAH

To come together like the plan of the Zionists now — all Jews

should come to Israel — and who should be the president? An

atheist. A man who doesn’t put on tefillin, who doesn’t eat kosher,

he should be a leader of Jews. […]

It’s one of the great lessons of this ancient story of the 

Dor Haflagah – When the wrong people get together, 

it’s a terrible thing! 

The kiyum, the existence of the Holy Nation depends

very much on being united only under the influence and 

control of the Torah Sages – when good people come 

together, it’s a benefit for them, and it’s also a benefit 

for the world. And anything else, any other unity, 

is dangerous for the future of the Am Yisroel.

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For a similar perspective and amazing READ on Parshas Noach, go to What Many Misunderstand about the Emphasis on Unity in Parshat Noach.

  

התראה מצמררת של המנהיג הרב לנדו: כוחות טומאה ורפיון מבקשים לחדור פנימה ולהחליש את כח התורה ואת יראיה

 

במעונו של מנהיג הדור רבינו מרן שליט"א נפתח מטה יוצאי ברית המועצות בהשתתפות רבם של יוצאי ברית המועצות בישראל הגאון ר׳ בן ציון זילבר שליט"א למען יהדות התורה - ג'. וכן השתתפו: יו"ר יהדות התורה ח"כ הרב יעקב אשר הח"כ המיועד הרב דוד זלץ, מ"מ רה"ע ירושלים הרב אליעזר ראוכברגר פעילים ונציגי קהילות. במרכז המעמד האזינו לזעקת מנהיג הדור שליט"א: כבוד הרבנים הגאונים שליט"א והעסקנים הנכבדים שליט"א אנו עומדים כיום בארץ ישראל בשעה חמורה וגורלית מאוד, שעה של ניסיון גדול לכלל הציבור החרד לדבר ה׳ ולכל מי שכבוד התורה ועמליה יקרים ללבו. מחד גיסא, זכינו בדורנו לריבוי עצום ונפלא של בני תורה, אברכים ועמלי תורה, דבר אשר דורות קודמים היו יכולים רק להשתוקק אליו. עולם התורה גדל ונתרבה, קול התורה נשמע ברמה, ורבבות מקדישים את מיטב שנותיהם לתורה ולעבודת השם. ומאידך גיסא, דווקא בשעה זו אנו עדים להתגברות קשה של ההתנכלות לעולם התורה, ללומדיה ולכל אלו אשר מסרו את חייהם לעמלה של תורה. יש המבקשים להצר את צעדי בני התורה, להחליש את מעמדה של התורה בארץ הקודש ולפגוע בצורת החיים שנמסרה לנו מדור דור. בשעה כזאת אין לאדם הרשות לעמוד מן הצד. אין זו שעה של חשבונות פרטיים ואין זו שעה של אדישות. זוהי חובת השעה וחובת גברא על כל אחד ואחד אשר קדושת התורה, כבוד שמים ועתיד החינוך של ילדינו יקרים בעיניו — להרגיש את גודל האחריות המוטלת עליו ולעשות את המוטל עליו. ושמחה מיוחדת היא עבורי לראות את ידידי הוותיק, אשר זכיתי להכירו למעלה מחמישים שנה עוד מימי ישיבת סלבודקה, הגאון רבי בן ציון זילבר שליט״א, אשר במשך שנים רבות נשא על שכמו את הנהגת הציבור דובר הרוסית ואת מפעלי ״תולדות ישורון״, ועתה נטל על עצמו גם לעורר את הציבור דובר הרוסית בערים רבות בארץ לעמוד על משמר התורה ולהכיר בגודל האחריות המוטלת עלינו בשעה זו. בטוחני כי בני התורה דוברי הרוסית, וכן המשפחות הרבות והתלמידים אשר יראת שמים, קדושת התורה וחינוך הבנים בדרך התורה והמסורה עומדים אצלם בראש כל מעייניהם, יודעים ומבינים היטב שאין כאן עניין צדדי או שאלה חולפת, אלא עניין הנוגע לעצם קיומו וחיזוקו של עולם התורה בארץ ישראל. אנו חיים בדור המצפה לישועה, ובשעה שבה כוחות של טומאה ושל רפיון מבקשים לחדור פנימה ולהחליש את כח התורה ואת יראיה. דווקא משום כך חובתנו גדולה שבעתיים — להרבות כבוד התורה, לחזק את ידי עמלי התורה, לעמוד לימין מוסדות התורה ולהעמיד את הדת על תילה כפי אשר נמסר לנו מרבותינו. אין הדבר נוגע רק לנו. הוא נוגע לילדינו, למשפחותינו, לתלמידינו ולכל דמותו הרוחנית של הדור הבא. כל ויתור בהווה עלול חלילה חלילה להפוך לחולשה של מחר, וכל עמידה איתנה למען התורה מחזקת את עתידו של כלל ישראל בארץ הקודש. ועל כן, בעת הזאת עלינו לעמוד כולנו כאיש אחד, באחדות ובאחריות, ללא פירוד וללא רפיון, מתוך נאמנות גמורה לדרך התורה ולדעת גדולי התורה, ולעשות את כל אשר בידינו למען כבודה של תורה, למען קיומה ולמען עתידה בארץ ישראל. אני מסיים כאן את הדברים, אני מקוה שהבנתם טוב את הדברים, הם נוגעים מאד לליבכם, השם יעזור שיתן ה' לנו את הכוחות ואת המאמצים והפעולות המתאימות להרבות תורה בישראל, ונגד כל אלה שיוזמים נגד זה בצורה גדולה וחזקה מאד, שה' יעזור לנו למען כבוד התורה כבוד לימודה ולומדיה ואהלי משכנותיה, שהכל יהיה בצורה הטובה ביותר, אנחנו מקוים עד ביאת משיח צדקינו במהרה בימינו אמן סלה

חלילה ספר תורה נופל על הארץ: משא הדומע של המנהיג הרב לנדו בכינוס בתוככי תל אביב למען יהדות התורה - ג

 

Rav Shach zt"l 25th Yahrtzeit Falls on......Election Day 5786 [16 Cheshvan]

The Yahrzeit of Rav Shach is Tuesday, October 27, 2026 (beginning the evening before on Monday, October 26, 2026 which is the 16th of Cheshvan

there are no coincidences:  The elections for the 26th Knesset are scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 2026, which corresponds exactly to the Hebrew date 16 Cheshvan 5787

AMI MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman shlit"a Remembers his Father-in-law, Legendary Leader of Klal Yisrael (Issue 788 current): 

 On one particular capsule on page 91:

"If the government tries to draft the bnei hayeshivos, publicize in my name that this is a shaas shmad (time of religious persecution), and one must be moser nefesh according to the halachos of kiddush Hashem in Yoreh Dei'ah. "

יעיר לחושך

 

Historic Earthquake: Rabbi Shaul Alter’s Community Officially Endorses United Torah Judaism!

 

Subversion via Infiltration

 A dispute over the location of a Religious Zionist school in Bnei Brak has intensified after the city’s rabbonim issued a letter opposing the school’s relocation into the predominantly Chareidi Kiryat Herzog neighborhood.

The controversy centers on the Afikim state religious school on Neufeld Street, which serves both boys and girls, including children with special educational needs. Local rabbonim have expressed concerns about the school’s proximity to Chareidi educational institutions and the interactions between students during arrival and dismissal times.

The latest letter follows a series of incidents that have heightened tensions in the neighborhood, including an episode in which the school’s entrance gate was welded shut overnight.

Parents and students arriving at the school discovered that the gate had been sealed, preventing children from entering the building. Police were called to the scene, and parents ultimately brought a cutting tool to remove the welded section and reopen the entrance.

Authorities suspected that extremists opposed to the school’s presence in the neighborhood were responsible for the incident, although the perpetrators were not identified in the report.

The episode drew attention to the longstanding opposition among some neighborhood residents to the school’s location.

The dispute had already prompted a letter from the neighborhood’s Rav, HaGaon HaRav Yehuda Aryeh Schwartz, addressed to the administrations of nearby Talmudei Torah.

In his letter, HaRav Schwartz described the encounters between students from the different educational institutions during morning arrival and afternoon dismissal as causing “terrible anguish” to yeshiva bochurim and younger students.

He explained that Bnei Brak’s municipal education department was working to find a solution, but that the matter had not yet been fully resolved.

The letter also revealed that, following instructions from HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, Rosh Yeshivas Slabodka, local Chareidi institutions were compelled to delay the beginning of their school day by half an hour to minimize contact between the students.

The newly published letter from Bnei Brak’s rabbonim renews the demand that the Religious Zionist school not be relocated into Kiryat Herzog and calls attention to the need for a permanent arrangement addressing the concerns of neighboring educational institutions.

The dispute dates back at least a decade.

In 2016, rabbonim in Kiryat Herzog protested plans to relocate a Religious Zionist girls’ school from central Bnei Brak into the Chareidi neighborhood.

At the time, the rabbonim met with then-Mayor Chanoch Zeibert to express their opposition and propose alternative locations, arguing that the move could affect the neighborhood’s established Chareidi character.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC).

Rabbi Weissman:

 

The Torah on “Overpopulation”

Not Just a Midrash . . . Plus a new booklet and more

In Thursday night’s Torah class we studied chapters 41-43 of Yirmiya. Following the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash and the assassination of Gedalya, the remnant of Jews in Eretz Yisrael faced a dilemma: remain in war-torn Eretz Yisrael, where they feared retribution from the Babylonians, or move to Egypt, which promised a life of tranquility and prosperity.

Fortunately, they had a prophet in their midst, and they asked him to beseech Hashem for instructions. They promised to do whatever they were told, whether it seemed right to them or not. 

What happened next is fascinating, with a strong mussar message that we can easily relate to. The class is embedded above and on Rumble here.

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I can’t stand it when people dismissively refer to Aggadic teachings of Chazal as “just a Midrash”. Such chutzpah! Such ignorance!

I’ve been wanting to start a new series of lessons called Not Just a Midrash, in which I would share some of my favorite, timeless lessons from Midrash (I have many hundreds in my notes) on a wide range of topics.

So let’s start.

We’ve all heard from the Amalekites that the world is “overpopulated”, and the self-styled saviors of humanity have to eliminate lots of people (genocide and preventing babies from being born) and tightly control essential resources (tyranny and slavery) to save the world. They use more genteel language, of course, but that’s what it boils down to.

Here are some articles about a recent taxpayer-funded paper on the subject that a reader shared with me. It’s Science!

https://lloydmillerus.substack.com/cp/218852792

https://thenewamerican.com/us/environment/tax-funded-scientists-cut-human-population-in-half-for-sustainability/

https://principia-scientific.com/the-new-plan-to-halve-the-human-population-by-2200/

The Science™, c. 2026: ‘Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200’

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/08/07/the-insidious-population-reduction-narrative-disguised-as-sustainability-science/

Koheles Rabba 5:10:1 has the Torah’s answer for this, while demonstrating that there is nothing new under the sun. 

A certain Cuthite — a heretic — challenged Rabbi Meir with a series of questions about techiyas hameisim, when the dead will be brought back to life. 

If you think the world has too many people now, imagine what it will look like then! And that’s exactly what the heretic had in mind. After all, he was a rational man.

“Who will provide food for all these people?” he asked.

The following dialogue ensued.

“Have you ever been to Chamath Gerar?” asked Rabbi Meir, referring to a certain city.

“Yes.”

“In its season or not in its season?” There were certain times when there was a massive influx of people to the city.

“Both in its season and not in its season,” replied the Cuthite.

“And was food readily available?” asked Rabbi Meir.

“It was readily available.”

“In its season and not in its season?”

“Both. Because of the masses they would bring food to buy and sell.”

“So it will be,” said Rabbi Meir. “The One who brings the population will bring their food, as is written by Shlomo, ‘When the good is increased, those who consume it increase’. When those who consume the good increase, the good will increase.”

In other words, the same God who brings people into the world will provide their needs. That’s His department.

This underscores that alarmism about the world’s population and all that derives from it is not really about science or “the greater good”, but a war against God.

And it’s nothing new.

Indeed, it’s not just a Midrash. It’s a foundation of the Torah, for which we are supposed to be witnesses.

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Hot off the press, issue #3 of my selected essays. This one is a collection of my essays on Tzohar and The Kefira Times. You can download it at the link below or here.

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A couple of points to ponder:

Hate the sin, not the sinner strangely doesn’t apply to “haredim” and “haredi draft dodgers”. Funny how that works.

One of the new propaganda lines is that only those who have “skin in the game” should have certain rights and benefits. Do they have skin in the game . . . or meat in the grinder?

Noach: Rebbi Eliyahu Hakohein of Izmir on the Connection Between the Mabul & Migdal Bavel

 

Trivia on Noach: Who Lived the Longest Life in History?{It's Not Who You Think}

 

💰💰💰"וויתור של אלפי דולרים בכיס": פסק ההלכה המהדהד של המנהיג הגר"ד לנדו לקראת הבחירות בקודש פנימה

 

שאלה קשה הוצגה השבוע בפני מנהיג הדור רבינו מרן ראש הישיבה הגר"ד לנדו שליט"א שוחטים בגופי הכשרות אמורים לצאת בימים הקרובים לשחיטות בחו"ל, אך חלקם – אלו הנוסעים למדינות רחוקות כדוגמת דרום אמריקה – לא יוכלו לשוב ארצה בזמן כדי להצביע בבחירות. האם עליהם לדחות את הנסיעה, למרות הפסד הפרנסה הכרוך בכך? הרב רפאל מנת, רב קונצרן אוסם - נסטלה וראש המוסדות בזכרון יעקב, שהוא מנאמני ביתו של רבינו, הציג את השאלה בפניו. תשובתו של רבינו הייתה נחרצת: "בחירות זה צורכי הרבים יותר, כל קול, כל קול חשוב מאוד מאוד בשביל עם ישראל". דבריו של רבינו משקפים את חומרת השעה כפי שחידד ברבים כי הבחירות הגורליות לעם ישראל בכלל ולעולם התורה בפרט, עד כדי כך שיש לדחות נסיעות לשחיטה ולוותר על פרנסה למען ההשתתפות בהן. התמלול המלא של השיחה:
הרב מנת פתח: "יש שאלה מאוד קשה, השוחטים בגופי הכשרויות אמורים לצאת בערך שבוע או עשרה ימים אחרי סוכות לחוץ לארץ לשחיטות, לשחוט בשר לעם ישראל. אז מי שנוסע לפולין יכול לחזור לבחירות, אבל מי שנוסע לדרום אמריקה או למקומות הרחוקים, שזה שלושה ימים נסיעה – אין מצב שהם יחזרו לבחירות. שואלים, האם לעכב את השחיטות ולצאת רק אחרי הבחירות?". רבינו השיב: "בחירות זה צורכי הרבים יותר. מה אם יעכבו, לא יהיה מה לאכול?". הרב מנת הבהיר: "יהיה מה לאכול, זה פרנסה של השוחטים, זה הרבה דברים...". רבינו: "אז מה אתה רוצה?". הרב מנת: "אני שואל מה לעשות". רבינו: "זה צורכי עם ישראל הבחירות". הרב מנת: "אז שיחכו?". רבינו הדגיש: "מה אני יכול לעשות? זו שאלה חשובה מאוד, גדולה מאוד – אבל צורכי עם ישראל, כל קול, כל קול, כל וקול – חשוב מאוד מאוד". הרב מנת: "בסדר, נגיד להם. הם משלמים בכיס בשביל זה, הם ישלמו בכיס בשביל זה, זה פחות פרנסה שלהם, של הצוות, אבל בסדר". רבינו: "אני לא יכול להגיד להם דעות, הם שואלים אותי...". הרב מנת: "כן, שואלים". רבינו ציין: "כשאמרת שנוגע לפרנסה, זה לא אמרת בהתחלה. זה טוב, אבל לא אמרת בהתחלה. הוספת עוד נושא...". הרב מנת הסביר: "הצוות ככה, אם הוא נוסע מתחילת החורף אז הם יכולים לנסוע שלוש פעמים, אם הם נוסעים רק אחרי הבחירות הם נוסעים פעמיים, אז זה גם שאלה של פרנסה". רבינו חזר על עמדתו: "הם מצפים ממני שאני אגיד שלא יהיו בבחירות? כל קול, כל קול חשוב מאוד מאוד בשביל עם ישראל". הרב מנת ביקש: "אז אני מבקש בשבילם שהראש ישיבה יברך אותם על זה שהם מקריבים בשביל זה...". רבינו סיים בברכה: "השם יעזור, ייתן להם כפל כפליים נחת, אריכות ימים, כל הדברים הטובים".