The Plaque in Memory of the Kozhiglover Gaon, Rav Aryeh Tzvi Fromer on His Yahrtzeit כ"ז ניסן

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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.

Kaf Zion Nissan, it's the Yahrzeit of Reb Aryeh Zvi Fromer, Hashem Yinkom Domo. The Kozhiglover Gaon. Reb Aryeh Zvi Fromer has no kever, has no matzeiva. Reb Aryeh Zvi Fromer has no living descendants. We're here on the fifth floor of the Mendel Gottesman Library of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon. In 1993, 1992, December 23rd, Reb Fromer's brother dedicated the floor of this library in memory of his brother. This floor is dedicated in memory of Reb Leib Hirsch Fromer, Dean of the famed Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin, and a revered Torah scholar and world-renowned authority on Halacha, who perished at Majdanek during the Holocaust. May the legacy of learning he left behind be a blessing for the ages, and down through the generosity of Leon and Gina Fromer, December 23rd, 1992, the 20th day of Kislev, 5753. Here there's a picture of Reb Aryeh Zvi Fromer, capturing just a little bit his great inspiring Yiras Shomayim. Reb Fromer davened in a remarkable way. All the talmidim who saw Reb Fromer daven were indelibly affected for the rest of their life. The Gemara tells us in the Yerushalmi in Shekalim, Ein oisin nafshos l'tzaddikim. We don't make a matzeiva for tzaddikim. Divreihem hein hein zichronam. The words of the tzaddik, they themselves are the memory of the tzaddik. Why does the Yerushalmi emphasize hein hein zichronam? They themselves, what's the emphasis? The words themselves are the memory of the tzaddik. We can explain with a great chiddush that the Eretz Zvi offered. The Eretz Zvi taught it's a Gemara in Yevamos, it's a Gemara in Berachos, that Reb Nachman prayed, "Ribono shel Olam, Olam haba Olam hazeh." He says, "Ribono shel Olam, I would like to live

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1. 0:01Kaf Zion Nissan, it's the Yahrzeit of Reb Aryeh Zvi Fromer, Hashem Yinkom Domo. The Kozhiglover…
2. 0:33Reb Fromer's brother dedicated the floor of this library in memory of his brother. This floor…
3. 1:04Here there's a picture of Reb Aryeh Zvi Fromer, capturing just a little bit his great…
4. 1:34Divreihem hein hein zichronam. The words of the tzaddik, they themselves are the memory of the…
5. 2:06in both of your worlds." So the Gemara asks, "Is it possible to live in both…
6. 2:36And the Gemara explains and expounds on the pasuk, "V'chikeich kayain hatov." The palate of the…
7. 3:06But when it comes to the words of a tzaddik, the words of a tzaddik are…
8. 3:36l'tzaddikim, divreihem hein hein zichronam. The words of the tzaddik are the greatest memory because they…
9. 4:06kavtzeim." In the Medrash Tanchuma, "Ki yisnu, when we learn the Mishnah, Hashem says, 'I will…
10. 4:36Specifically, we see in our time in the dissemination of the study of the Mishnah, and…

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