Yahrtzeit Yomi #1330!! כז טבת Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch רב שמשון ב״ר רפאל הירש (1808 - 1888) Dvar Torah on פרשת וארא from Rabbiner Hirsch!! ----------------------------------------------------------- The following edition of Yahrtzeit Yomi featuring Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch ZTL is sponsored לזכר נשמת: משה בן החכם רבי חייא ז״ל ממשפחת אריה -------------------------------------------------------------- Shalom u’Vracha Rabboisai!! The text below and the first part of the audio present a classic and timeless message from Rav Hirsch ZTL, which introduces Sefer Shemos. 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 The second part of the audio is a presentation of one of the fundamental ideals which Rav Hirsch had espoused and practiced throughout his fruitful and devoted life. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 ----------------------------------------------------------- Today, 27 Teves, marks the 137th Yahrtzeit of Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch ZTL. (1808 - 1888) Our Rebbi, the Blurigeh Rav Shlita, refers to Rav Hirsch as his “Rebbi in Seforim”. Rav Hirsch ZTL has been aptly labeled the “Architect of Torah Judaism for the Modern World”. Espousing the “weltenshuang” of תורה עם דרך ארץ, he fiercely battled the winds of the reform movement, which was sweeping through Western Europe at an alarming rate. He hated haskalah. He was a prolific writer and speaker. He loved the alps. Blah blah blah blah blah blah…. 😴😴😴. (sorry, I fell asleep) Rabboisai, I could spend the precious space I was allotted to describe the incredible accomplishments and impact of Oberrabbiner Hirsch zl, but I don’t see much benefit in doing so (other than to impress you with my casual offhand use of German terms like Verband der orthodoxen Rabbiner Deutschlands, and Freie Vereinigung für die Interessen des Orthodoxen Judentums. Anyways, it sounds much better in the audio than it looks on paper.) (In fact, Rav Hirsch himself seems to have considered the study of history and past events as pointless and a waste of precious time; refer to Collected Writings VII, p. 440: “One must examine whether the study of history and of past events is necessary or even useful for men and nations whose present life is completely taken up with vigorous and active devotion to their duty. Only generations in the state of decline feel they must look back to the past in order to be uplifted by the example of long departed heroes.....” In other words, he would have disapproved of the phenomenally popular Yahrtzeit Yomi broadcast. Oh boy, this is awkward.) 🥴🥴🥴 Instead, Rabboisai, let’s learn an absolutely stunning and timeless piece which Rav Hirsch writes in his comments at the very end of Parshas Shemos, which really sets the stage for the world-altering events of yetzias mitzrayim. The pesukim at the end of parshas shemos record a very cryptic conversation: וַיָּ֧שׇׁב מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶל־ה׳ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר ה׳ לָמָ֤ה הֲרֵעֹ֙תָה֙ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה שְׁלַחְתָּֽנִי: וּמֵאָ֞ז בָּ֤אתִי אֶל־פַּרְעֹה֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ הֵרַ֖ע לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה וְהַצֵּ֥ל לֹא־הִצַּ֖לְתָּ אֶת־עַמֶּֽךָ (שמות ה:כב,כג) Moshe Rabbeinu complains to Hashem that his presence in Egypt not only didn’t improve the situation, but actually made things far worse. Hashem replies: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר ה׳ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה עַתָּ֣ה תִרְאֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה לְפַרְעֹ֑ה וכו׳: “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh” etc. Anyone reading this exchange should be bothered by the simple question: How did Hashem answer Moshe’s question? All Hashem said was “OK, now you’ll see what I will do to Pharaoh”. But why, takeh, did Hashem send Moshe to Pharaoh, if his appearance accomplished nothing, and even made matters worse?? What was the purpose?? Zakt der groiseh Oberrabiner mamish vhunderbar!! (uhn das dahrf mehn leghen in kop arayn!!): That’s exactly the point! עַתָּ֣ה תִרְאֶ֔ה - NOW you will see!! The utter failure of Moshe’s efforts in beseeching Pharoah WAS THE FIRST NECESSARY STEP OF THE REDEMPTION!! [see WhatsApp group for remainder]

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1086!! יז סיון Rav Aharon of Karlin רב אהרן ב״ר אשר מקרלין (1802 - 1872) ---------------------------------------------------- Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!! https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk --------------------------------------------------- To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served. Monthly sponsorships are $540. Weekly sponsorships are $180. Daily sponsorships are as follows: Dedications (l’Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50. Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100. The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180. MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, A MONTH OF YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!! --------------------------------------------------- Remaining Sivan Yahrtzeits!! 17. Rav Aharon Karliner 18. Rav Yeruchem Levovitz 19. 20. Tach V’Tat 21. Tzara’as Miriam 22. The Korban Ha’Eidah 23. "Purim Sheini" 24. Rav Aharon Shurin 25. Rav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz 26. Rabi Yonasan ben Uziel/Rabi Yosi ben Kisma 27. Rav Dovid Trenk 28. Rav Gustman 29. Shlichas Meraglim 30. Rav Shlomo Kluger

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1084!! טו סיון Yehuda ben Yaakov Avinu יהודה בן יעקב אבינו יהודה אתה יודוך אחיך (בראשית מט:ח) ---------------------------------------------------- Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!! https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk --------------------------------------------------- To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served. Monthly sponsorships are $540. Weekly sponsorships are $180. Daily sponsorships are as follows: Dedications (l’Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50. Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100. The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180. MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, A MONTH OF YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!! --------------------------------------------------- Remaining Sivan Yahrtzeits!! 15. Rav Yitzchak Dov Koppelman 16. Rav Gedalya Nadel 17. Rav Aharon Karliner 18. Rav Yeruchem Levovitz 19. 20. Tach V’Tat 21. Tzara’as Miriam 22. The Korban Ha’Eidah 23. "Purim Sheini" 24. Rav Aharon Shurin 25. Rav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz 26. Rabi Yonasan ben Uziel/Rabi Yosi ben Kisma 27. Rav Dovid Trenk 28. Rav Gustman 29. Shlichas Meraglim 30. Rav Shlomo Kluger

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1083!! יד סיון Rav Chaim Volozhiner רב חיים ב״ר יצחק איצקוביץ נפש החיים (1749 - 1821) ---------------------------------------------------- Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!! https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served. Monthly sponsorships are $540. Weekly sponsorships are $180. Daily sponsorships are as follows: Dedications (l’Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50. Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100. The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180. MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, A MONTH OF YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!! --------------------------------------------------- Remaining Sivan Yahrtzeits!! 15. Rav Yitzchak Dov Koppelman 16. Rav Gedalya Nadel 17. Rav Aharon Karliner 18. Rav Yeruchem Levovitz 19. 20. Tach V’Tat 21. Tzara’as Miriam 22. The Korban Ha’Eidah 23. "Purim Sheini" 24. Rav Aharon Shurin 25. Rav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz 26. Rabi Yonasan ben Uziel/Rabi Yosi ben Kisma 27. Rav Dovid Trenk 28. Rav Gustman 29. Shlichas Meraglim 30. Rav Shlomo Kluger

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1339!! ד שבט The Baba Sali הבבא סאלי רב ישראל בן רב מסאד אַבּוּחַצִירָא (1889 - 1984) Presented by HaRav HaChacham Shlomo Gigi Shlita!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- AH GUTTEH VOCH RABBOISAI!! Friends, for today’s edition of Yahrtzeit Yomi, we are honored to host Chacham HaRav Shlomo Gigi Shlita, Rav of K’hal Ahavas Yisroel in Waterbury CT, who will be presenting today’s featured tzaddik: The Baba Sali זי״ע!! In the following audio clip, Chacham Gigi concisely and masterfully portrays how the Tzaddik ZTL exhibited the power of a life dedicated to the observance of Torah and Mitzvot!! We thank כבוד הרב גיגי for taking the time to share from his vast treasury of illuminating insights, and we wish him only continued success in inspiring Klal Yisrael to ever greater heights in Kedusha, Torah and Yirat Shamayim!! ---------------------------------------------------- Shvat Yahrtzeits 4. Rav ML Sassover/Baba Sali 5. Sfas Emes 6. Oneg Yom Tov/Skolya Rebbe 7. Minsker Gadol 8. Era of Zekainim 9. The Ran/Rav Eliezer Silver 10. Rav Isaac Sher/Rayatz/Ronnie Greenwald 11. Rav Noach Weinberg 12. Rav Meir Atlas 13. Rav Baruch Sorotzkin 14. Pnei Yehoshua/Rav Aryeh Kaplan 15. Shaarei Teshuva 16. Maharsham 17. Rav Chaim Falagi 18. Rav Beinish Finkel/Rav Dovid Soloveitchik/Rav Yitzchok Scheiner 19. Rav Yisroel Belsky/Rabbi Dr. Twersky 20. Rav Ezra Attiah 21. Kochav MiYaakov 22. Kotzker/Rav Yehuda Zev Segal/Rav Yankel Galinsky 23. Sar Shalom (Belz) 24. Nevuas Zechariah 25. Rav Yisrael Salanter/Rav Mottel Pogromansky 26. The Taz 27. Rav Zundel Hutner 28. Rav Nesanel Quinn/Rav Yaakov Edelstein 29. Alter of Slabodka 30. Rav Yerucham Fishel Perla ---------------------------------------------------- Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!! https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk --------------------------------------------------- To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059, or email [email protected]. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served. Monthly sponsorships are $540. Weekly sponsorships are $180. Daily sponsorships are as follows: Dedications (l’Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50. Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100. The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180. MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!!

Yahrtzeit Yomi #1098!! כח סיון Rav Gustman רב ישראל זאב ב״ר אברהם צבי גוסטמאן ראש ישיבת נצח ישראל קונטרסי שיעורים (1908 - 1991) ---------------------------------------------------- Yahrtzeit Yomi for the final week of Sivan is dedicated לעילוי נשמת רב יעקב בן ר׳ אברהם ז״ל ת.נ.צ.ב.ה. ---------------------------------------------------- Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!! https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk --------------------------------------------------- To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059. Sponsorships can be paid by Zelle to the same number. First come, first served. Monthly sponsorships are $540. Weekly sponsorships are $180. Daily sponsorships are as follows: Dedications (l’Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50. Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100. The cost to request and sponsor a specific Tzaddik (unlisted on the Yahrtzeit Yomi schedule) is $180. MAY THE ZECHUS OF ALL THE TZADDIKIM PROTECT US FROM ALL TZAROS, AND MAY HASHEM GRANT US, AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL, A MONTH OF YESHUOS, NECHAMOS AND BESUROS TOVOS!!! --------------------------------------------------- Remaining Sivan Yahrtzeits!! 28. Rav Gustman 29. Shlichas Meraglim 30. Rav Shlomo Kluger