tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post2713035871865861964..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Not exactly a Gadol storyThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-91612875114712487992010-01-19T13:40:06.888-05:002010-01-19T13:40:06.888-05:00By answering, אני לא יודע
it could mean halachic s...By answering, אני לא יודע<br />it could mean halachic sources might be hard to find, but as "mesorah" R Gustman zt"l felt there was an obligation to sport a hat.Neil Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797772082427806345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-66277304421832739652010-01-18T08:44:20.622-05:002010-01-18T08:44:20.622-05:00jeremy,
and what roshem does that leave? and how ...jeremy,<br />and what roshem does that leave? and how many people act on it?<br />KT<br />joel richAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-6426516124118747102010-01-18T04:58:21.866-05:002010-01-18T04:58:21.866-05:001. I think that as חטאות נעורים, which can be forg...1. I think that as חטאות נעורים, which can be forgiven, go, this חטא is a pretty good one. I'm sure the opportunity to have spoken with such a great man changed you, and by extension, influenced many people with whom you have come into contact.<br /><br />2. In our world, RHS is famous for doing this - depending on how a question is phrased to him, he'll often say, I don't know. Good point - when clearly, he does know, and often, it's not a good point.Jeremynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-56852143776010478642010-01-17T22:35:28.429-05:002010-01-17T22:35:28.429-05:00Allow me to generalize and not address a specific ...Allow me to generalize and not address a specific situation concerning which I don't know the details. Certainly about individuals in whose circle I could not dream of being.<br /><br />My preference (kach mkublani mbeit avi abba) is for the truth - delivered as nicely as possible. <br /><br />Thus I don't like stories where even an individual who shouldn't have asked is misled (to put it kindly) rather than dismissed or invited to bring their knowledge up to date elsewhere and then return.<br /><br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-10141399675266373642010-01-17T22:21:30.041-05:002010-01-17T22:21:30.041-05:00Joel-
Yes, I much prefer that story, as tear-jerki...Joel-<br />Yes, I much prefer that story, as tear-jerking as it is.<br /><br />I didn't think my story was lashon hara when I wrote it; I see it as more about a flaw in me than a flaw in him. How do you see it?The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-3562935722587668442010-01-17T19:30:27.486-05:002010-01-17T19:30:27.486-05:00There are similar stories about R'YBS but I...There are similar stories about R'YBS but I've never liked them. I'd much rather the response be go ask your own rebbi, or enroll in my Yeshiva....<br />BTW just the mention of R' Gustman's name makes me cry- the story with Dr. Auman's shivah for his son:<br />Rav Gustman entered and asked to sit next to Professor Aumann, who said: "Rabbi, I so appreciate your coming to the cemetery, but now is time for you to return to your Yeshiva." Rav Gustman spoke, first in Yiddish and then in Hebrew, so that all those assembled would understand:<br /><br />"I am sure that you don't know this, but I had a son named Meir. He was a beautiful child. He was taken from my arms and executed. I escaped. I later bartered my child's shoes so that we would have food, but I was never able to eat the food -- I gave it away to others. My Meir is a kadosh -- he is holy -- he and all the six million who perished are holy."<br /><br />Rav Gustman then added: "I will tell you what is transpiring now in the World of Truth in Gan Eden -- in Heaven. My Meir is welcoming your Shlomo into the minyan and is saying to him ‘I died because I am a Jew -- but I wasn't able to save anyone else. But you -- Shlomo, you died defending the Jewish People and the Land of Israel.' My Meir is a kadosh, he is holy -- but your Shlomo is a Shaliach Zibbur – a Cantor in that holy, heavenly minyan."<br /><br />Rav Gustman continued: "I never had the opportunity to sit shiva for my Meir; let me sit here with you just a little longer."<br /><br />Professor Aumann replied, "I thought I could never be comforted, but Rebbi, you have comforted me."<br /><br /><br />KTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com