The Chofetz Chaim's Heart Wrenching Pesach Appeal in 1930 On Behalf of Russian Jewry

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Okay, good morning everyone. Again chodesh. Today we're going to learn from not Mishnah Berurah, we did already, not from Sefer Chofetz Chaim, even though it was cited already. Not from Chofetz Chaim at all, we're going to learn from an ad the Chofetz Chaim put in the newspaper. The Chofetz Chaim would put in many ads in papers. And here's an ad the Chofetz Chaim put in the paper before Pesach. This comes from the Sefer Chofetz Chaim al Shabbos u'Moadim. And this was an ad the Chofetz Chaim put in the paper Yud Gimel Shvat, Tav Resh Tzadi, 1930. Every year as the Yom Tov of Pesach approached, the Chofetz Chaim would make collections for the whole for world Jewry to be able to send matzos to the Jews of Russia. In 1930, the Chofetz Chaim put out a kol korei el ha'tzibur, uh ad in the newspapers, practically in every Jewish paper in the world. Chofetz Chaim wrote as follows, how im nuchal lahalem einenu me'achinu hanisunim betzar uvishivyah, could we hide our eyes from our brothers that are in distress and captivity? V'soivlim cherpas rav mibeli lehishtatef be'ezrasam klal, and they suffer the shame of hunger. And we're not going to participate in helping them? Amnam yaduanu kashyah parnasa lahamishbar haklali gam bimdinasenu, Chofetz Chaim says, I know you're you're probably wondering, I'm telling you to give money to Russian Jewry, and in Poland we don't have much to eat either. V'gam hamanius leshalach ezra lesham, it's also not easy to transport any help over there. So you say therefore I'm patur. Look, I could barely put bread on my table, and I have no way of sending them money. They didn't have Zelle then, you know

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1. 0:00Okay, good morning everyone. Again chodesh. Today we're going to learn from not Mishnah Berurah, we…
2. 0:32And this was an ad the Chofetz Chaim put in the paper Yud Gimel Shvat, Tav…
3. 1:02uh ad in the newspapers, practically in every Jewish paper in the world. Chofetz Chaim wrote…
4. 1:32helping them? Amnam yaduanu kashyah parnasa lahamishbar haklali gam bimdinasenu, Chofetz Chaim says, I know you're…
5. 2:02that? You know the Chofetz Chaim didn't have Zelle? It's amazing to think about such a…
6. 3:03that's what happened? Says the Chofetz Chaim, the medrash says that's not what it means. Amra…
7. 3:33V'cheivan shemeis benah shel shcheinasa, but when the neighbor's kid died, haisa noiteiles oisa kikar, this…
8. 4:05rachamaniyos, they are they're merciful women. They are they're not they were merciful women and look…
9. 4:38I don't know what that is. Sifrei Ads Pirsumei Itonai Chofetz Chaim. Kama naflem hadvarim amimas…
10. 5:08are swooning from hunger. V'tiya lahen zechus gedolah verabah, it was such a big zechus that…

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