A wealthy magnate was recently approached to donate money to a family of a great talmid chochom in dire financial straits. According to a report in the American Yated Ne’eman, when the wealthy man saw the respect accorded to this talmid chochom by Rav Elyashiv, he expressed his desire to make a donation of $20,000 if he could have a tallis kotton of Rav Elyashiv’s. Rav Elyashiv asked that one of his pairs of tzitzis be given to the man, who, in turn, immediately wrote out a check for the full amount.
{Yair Alpert-Matzav.com Newscenter Israel}
Perhaps a better segulah would have been to get a sefer from The Rov, Shlita, and learn it?
Not sure what to make of this story
Moridier maaseh!
whatever it takes
Beautiful!
We Chasidim know that a Cheifetz shel Tzadik has an astronomical value beyond measure! Especially a Chefetz shel mitzvah!!!! He probably wants Shmirah until the very day… and then first!!! Great thinking!!! A ball Tzdokoh , a baal hasogoh and a bar Seichel!!!!
great story
Was the beged cotton or wool?
Boruch sheCHOLAK meichachmaso
chalukah can also mean a garment. get it?
May the gadol hador have gezunt
to all the big talkers; would YOU pay such money?
have respect for someone who has respect for the Torah and its gedolim
kol hakavod
I am very inspired. Thank you.
Matzav Editor: Please explain why this is newsworthy…
so youre saying that part of this was selfish that he wanted a segulah for something?
Vehau einecha roos es morecha
How much did the man pay?
I told this story to my talmidim today. I explained that a person can demonstrate what is important to him. it shows great honor to the posek hador. More power to this baal tzedaka.
We YIDDEN understand that the mitzvos of tzedakka as well as hachzakas Torah
Maran is a tzadik yesod olam.
What about learning with the Rav? What about a brucha? Choping the Rav’s tzitzis is a shitkel chutzpadik. Nonetheless, it is a mitzvah and that shows us that if we were wealthy what would we do with our cash? I daven for this mishpucha that the husband have a rafuah shleimah min hashomayim. That is the saddest part. This is a family suffering and they need a nes.
Hey look. You give an oniey $20,000, you can ask what you wan’t in return. I have no problem with that.
It shows how much a mitzvah of tallis kuton is worth to him especially after a godal made a blessing on it !!!
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On a serious note, does anyone know Maran’s shitah about the contemporary techeiles?
#14…neither the editor, nor anyone else for that matter, owes you any explanation….your homework assignment over the Pesach recess is to write 500 words on the significance of this great story and its positive reflection on Klal Yisrael
meiarba KANFOS haaretz!
good trade
What struck me about this story is how Rav Elyashiv Shlita was prepared to give up his Ruchniyus to help somebodys Gashmius. We don’t know the value of Mitzvas but Chazal say that the mitzvah of Tzitzis is Shokul Kneged Kulom, and Rav Elyashiv was prepared to give us this mailoh for Tzedokoh and Chesed.
We lubavitchers wear the Rebbe’s kapota (or shirt if kapota not available) under the chuppa because of how holy that time is. So I’m just throwing out an idea to our dear litvishe brethern; perhaps this baal tzedoko would consider lending out the taalis katon to chassanim to wear under their chuppos?
yasher koach