Maran Rabbeinu Shlit"a to Degel Hatorah representatives: 'Thank God we have good leaders, Rabbi Dov is a gift from God that we received, he is not afraid of anyone except God Almighty'Maran Posk Hador HaGari Yilberstein Shlit"a instructed the representatives of Degel Hatorah in the Bnei Brak municipality who came to his residence to be blessed with the blessing of the pilgrimage: 'Even when we meet with errant brothers - we can speak to them nicely, so that they feel that it is not hatred but out of love' | Listen to the words courtesy of the 'Sheach Yitzhak' channel: As is customary every holiday, members of the Bnei Brak municipal council on behalf of Degel Hatorah, together with the deputy mayor of the city, Rabbi Menachem Shapira, and Deputy Mayor, Rabbi Gedaliah Silman, went for a high holiday visit to a member of the Council of Torah Elders and Rabbi of 'Ramat Elchanan', Maran Rabbeinu Shlit"a, in order to be blessed and to hear guidance and pure Torah wisdom on matters The hour. Our Rebbe devoted his time and guided them in the path of public conduct, and in the manner of approach desired as public figures meeting with our brothers who have not yet been blessed with a complete repentance. Below is a transcript of our Rebbe's full words, from a recording published today on the 'Sheach Yitzchak' line from the Torah of our Rebbe: "In God's name, we have good leaders. Rabbi Dov is something tremendous. I studied with him in the yeshiva. Rabbi Dov is a gift from God that we received. He is not afraid of any human being, except for the Blessed One. He does not know what fear is, and this is a very great thing for us." "What is incumbent upon us to do at this hour? To sanctify the name of heaven..., our representatives, our conduct and our speech. In God's name, we have a great Rabbi and this is Rabbi Dov. Our conversations should be about making a good impression on people. I'll tell you what a good impression is. I live in Ramat Gan. I'm considered a Bnei Baraki because I'm here all day long, and when I'm not here, I'm here too. But I live in Ramat Chen. I want to tell you something very, very interesting. Suddenly, on the last Hanukkah, my neighbor, who is the head of the heretics, lit Hanukkah candles. "I asked him, look, excuse me, what happened here? So he said to me: I want to tell you something. You speak to me nicely. When I pass by you, you say hello nicely. And I was sure that when I pass by you, you would spit in my face. But you say hello very nicely. And I decided that I would light Hanukkah candles. This is a very strange thing... What's wrong? You spoke to me nicely. "Then I remembered something, the learned Maran HaGris Elyashiv ztzu"l believed that the greatest of the generation in teaching was Maran Posk of the generation, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein ztzu"l. He always told me that Rabbi Moshe is the greatest of the generation, after all, he studied Shas so many times. "Then I saw a story about him that was told about him, that terrible guys lived next to him, and he would always greet them very nicely, except once, on Shabbat, when he wouldn't want to look at them, he would close his eyes, and he wouldn't want to see them. But except on Shabbat, he would always greet them nicely. "And the neighbors said, we saw the image of a human being. We are wicked, and we should spit on us, but no, he would show them a beautiful face and greet them nicely, except on Shabbat, when there are no tricks! "And Rabbi Moshe said, I acted with this more than with all the other actions in the world, and all the haters became my friends. I learned something from it." "Our representatives need to know, God willing, we have a good rabbi, but we need to know that personally, we should not speak disdainfully to any person, but rather speak nicely. As Rabbi Moshe Feinstein did. "We have people in our party who are very sharp like fire, oh and woe to those who encounter them, but we need to remember that Rabbi Moshe Feinstein is also our rabbi, and he did not do that, he spoke nicely to them. And look what happened to me when the neighbors started lighting Hanukkah candles." "Our behavior should be in accordance with our rabbi, who is Rabbi Dov, and we also need to know that there is a case for speaking nicely, in the way of the land, even though he is my enemy, even though he wishes me well.... I will still wish him good things." To the question of one of those present: "Is this also said about someone who is a disbeliever in the Torah of Moses?", Our Rebbe responded and said: "I will tell you a story. In Russia, the authorities announced that only those who are apostates and a disbeliever in the Torah can live here. There was one man there who was the worst and would publicly desecrate the Sabbath, and he said everything: 'I will do anything except apostate,' and he left all his possessions and ran away, the main thing is not to apostate. "And Maran Chofetz Chaim zt"l explained, everyone has a Jewis...
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