The Yanuka Rav Shlomo Yehuda-הגאון הינוקא בהספד מרטיט על הגאון הרב יהודה דרעי זצוק＂ל

The shiur in English

The Yanuka’s own words in this shiur, translated into English by Lehallel · 473 words · 4:33. Press a time to hear it said.

0:00 To our brothers, the Children of Israel, to inform, or to make known, or to reveal that, because of our many sins, 'a pious man has perished from the land,' holy and awesome, the Gaon of Gaonim, 'my eye, my eye runs down with water' — over the little of the little that we merited to see of his greatness, of his holiness, 'no eye has seen, O G-d, but You.'

0:36 What shall I say, and what shall we speak? About the Gaon, Rabbi Yehuda, son of Rabbi Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi - for to him it is fitting, for to him it is becoming, head of the rabbinical courts in Be'er Sheva, author of Mishnas Yehuda, author of Avnei Ezer, I cannot speak.

1:05 My love for him is beyond measure. I merited to see a pillar of Torah, a pillar of truth, the Gaon of Gaonim, his wisdom is broader than [unclear]. his steadfastness, his genius, and his Torah, and his knowledge, and his truth, my love for him, that it is impossible to speak — hard, speaking is hard for me.

1:44 I am in very, very great pain over this news. May Hashem, blessed be He, grant us the complete redemption, the building of the Beis HaMikdash, the Holy Temple, the resurrection of the dead, We do not know what we have lost. So much — the guarding of the Torah, a shield for the Torah, with his strength, with his truth, and with the crown and with honor - for to him it is fitting, for to him it is becoming.

2:21 And now he has departed from us. May Hashem strengthen all of us, the whole Jewish people. His parting is hard for us. May Hashem, blessed be He, give everyone the strength and the hope and to appreciate the worth and the honor of the true Torah scholars that we have lost.

3:04 One who merited, a little, to shelter in his shade and to see his face — 'A lion has roared — who will not fear?' the mantle of his holiness, his shining face, his heart, his truth, his flashing eyes and his quickness — who merited to learn the holy Torah from the mouths of the Sages of earlier generations, toiling in Torah with self-sacrifice, 'Do not fear any man' — that was his way and his strength; he was not afraid of anything in the world.

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