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Daily Bite-Sized Inspiration!!! There Is Justice and There Is a Judge! A Chilling Story by Rabbi ...

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הרב אלון עטיה - הערוץ הרשמי

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A story about the genius, righteous Kabbalist, Rabbi Zev of Zbarazh. He was one of the Ashkenazi rabbis, among the great sages of Ashkenaz. Once he arrived in the town of Lublin. It was very well-known as a town of holiness and purity, thanks to the Seer of Lublin, for example, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak. When he arrived there, there was great awareness; a righteous man like Rabbi Zev of Zbarazh, everyone came to visit to receive the righteous man's blessing. Everyone approached and bowed their head so the Rabbi would bestow his blessings upon them. Among those who greeted him was the magnate of Lublin; he was extremely wealthy, a man of stature who was given an honored seat in the synagogue, and he had a great deal of money. They honored him when he arrived; Rabbi Zev of Zbarazh saw him and said, "Shalom Aleichem, our teacher and rabbi," so the Rabbi said to him, "Peace and blessing.""How is your honor doing?" Everyone was impressed. The Rabbi already saw that he was a great magnate, perhaps by his suit, or does he see souls? He told him , "Praises to the Most High, everything is fine." He said to him: "Can I tell you a story?" P In truth, the Torah scholars were a bit offended. "The Rabbi gave us such a short greeting, and here, for the magnate, he starts telling stories.""The magnate is better than us," but they said nothing; they

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