Yeshiva World News gets a bit WTF for this article which makes it seem like they want to become entertainment weekly of the frum world. Do we really need a Rebbe Gossip column? Wait doesn’t the Jewish Press already have My Mechberes?
It is a well-known fact that HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita (these rebbes sure do have a lot of names) does not seek to derive pleasure from this world (who’s butt is this guy kissing?), distancing himself from items of comfort. It is also known that the Rav has on many an occasion distanced himself from gifts for the same reason.
Rav Kanievsky came to the realization that his kiddush becher was no longer suitable to perform the mitzvah. HaRav Aaron Binah, the rosh yeshiva of Netiv Aryeh heard of the decision, jumping at the opportunity to purchase a new becher for the Rav, and he did just that.
According to a Chareidim report, Rav Chaim used the new large sterling becher on motzei shabbos Bereishis to make havdalah. The report adds the Rav is stringent to use wine and not grape juice for havdalah, which is a special segulah for those who join him, seeking a bracha for a son. The Rav is also stringent to drink a ‘rov kos’, a majority of the cup, which according to the report is no simple task since the new becher is considerably larger than its predecessor. Doing so would without a doubt compel one to head directly to bed to rest due to the volume of wine involved.
It was realized that the new becher was simply too large to drink a ‘rov kos’ and on erev shabbos, R’ Binah returned with two other cups, the same style as the new one, but both smaller, permitting the Rav to make havdalah this week and to drink as is his custom and head for melave malka.
In the meantime, discussion is underway as to who will merit receiving the Rav’s old becher. (if its no longer suitable for the mitzvah how could he cause someone to sin?)
Hat tip Dov Bear who didn’t tell me about the story, but coined the term Haredi Gossip Column…
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(Actual hat tip goes to guest poster Rafi G. who writes the http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com blog.)
Maybe there’s someone out there who collects them.
Rafi from Life in Israel coined the term. Credit where credit is due!
Thanks, MOI. Yes, Hesh, that was my guest post on DB.
Regardless, it is not like I am going to make any money off the term, so who cares…
BTW, one persons trash is another persons treasure. For someone like Rav Kanievsky, the cup was trash. For someone else, that cup is a treasure.
Or maybe the guy who gets it (auction on ebay?) wont use it, but will treasure it as a memento from a gadol and keep it on a shelf somewhere (maybe rub it and a genie will pop out?)
Dude I would totally take the cup
Of course you would. But would you pay good money for it? I’d bet there are people out there who would pay $50,000 (maybe more) for that cup.
This merits a big LOL.
The moment I saw that article, I knew you would rip on it Hesh. And it should be ripped on. I’m sure Rav Chaim is an amazing person, but that doesn’t mean we have to start wearing the same underwear brand he does FFS. God I love the yeshiva world circus.
hesh i luv ur articles but dont diss r chaim (whos butt…) and also due 2 the fact that hes old could b it makes him tired but somebody else not or grape juice can b used etc
funny how rav bina repects big rabbonim so much….maybe he could show his talmidim a little….
Well its better than the hate that Vos Iz Neias likes to throw around, although I wonder when the gossip column will turn into the recheilus column?
Just remember that you are talking about one of the gedolim hador
I need not say more…
Yeah, all the sin’as chinam Rav Bina spreads, and encourages his talmidim to spread as well. When I was in Israel, I went to a certain “Institute down the block” which Rav Bina tried putting in Cherem for “hassagat g’vul”, GIVEN that Yeshivot are an exception to the rule (as I know Phil has pointed out in other posts), as the more Yeshivot, the more Torah being spread. Rav Bina would regularly call my Rosh Yeshiva “the devil” (to put it mildly), and tell his students that if they daven in “the Institute”, they have to daven again.
And of course I know it doesn’t end there. I’ve heard of him calling Rabbi Riskin “Stevie Wonder” because his first name (in English) is Steve, and it’s a wonder how blind one can be to torah! And of course, I’ve heard he’s no fan of “Show Jay” or Mevaseret.
Final funny anecdote. My brother in law studied in Hakotel back when Rav Bina was there. So Rav Bina was at the wedding. As we were talking, I happened to mention that I studied in Israel. When he asked me where, I mentioned “The Institute”. Those who were surrounding us (several of whom knew me back in those days) were giggling, anticipating Rav Bina to go off on some tirade about me being some invalid Jew. Instead, he coyly responded “ah, Baruch Hashem” and changed the subject. He’s got quite a sense of humor, that Rav Bina.
Segulos! Where’s the Torah basis. Segulos are like witchcraft. Make a potion and boil it why don’t you.
nice. just wait till someone you love needs a “segulah (chas vishalom)..I think you’ll sing a different tune buddy.
No she could just buy a bunch of them or pay someone to eat eggplant standing up side down at some random kever
Is segulos anything like santeria because I converted to get away from that? I really didn’t want to keep wearing my underwear inside out to protect me from evil spirits.
my cousin didnt have kids for 5 years he went 2 r chaim and r chaim told him 2 switch his name (long story why) and a week later his wife was pregnant
RAV BINAH you say?
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Hesh, this has potential…
….and it continues here
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/43314/Rebbitzin+Kanievsky+Lights+Chanukah+Candles.html