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The Yanuka’s own words in this shiur, translated into English by Lehallel · 527 words · 2:26. Press a time to hear it said.
0:00 A short word about the Yanuka. The Yanuka - I have known him from the beginning. And this is the proof of how wondrous a man he is, with immense, phenomenal knowledge of the Torah. And he was unknown then, and this testifies to an extraordinary humility. A person who has not even a tenth of what he knows could have made himself famous in the whole world. And yet, even when he is revealed today, so to speak - I - I know him closely. The people who talk - these were evil tongues, and I tell you honestly, I know him closely.
0:30 I never attached myself to just any Torah scholar, but this is an immense Torah scholar. I have never seen a Torah scholar of such magnitude. And the people who talk - it pains me that they stumbled in lashon hara. There is no permission for it at all in the world! The Chafetz Chaim says, even about the greatest of the generation, it is forbidden to listen to lashon hara. And thank Hashem that we have this light. I admit that there is here an immense, unfathomable worth in Torah, How does one say it?
0:56 although he could have been my son, and still I worked on myself and humbled myself! He knows everything. Hours upon hours I spoke with him in words of Torah. There is not one corner in the whole Torah that he does not know from all its sides. One cannot ignore this. And how do people dare to put themselves in danger by speaking about a Torah scholar? 'Beware of their coals!' I know a man in Paris, a very successful man, who got in touch with me and said to me: 'What is happening to me? I am losing customers.'
1:25 He had an accident, such as had not happened to him in twenty years. And on top of that, he has a mouse that is wrecking his house. He brought all the experts and no one manages to catch it. And then he told me that he remembered that there were people who spoke against our Rabbi and teacher, the Rav HaYanuka, shlita, and he took part in it a little... And he told me: from that day everything turned upside down. I called him and told him to ask forgiveness. That same day they caught the mouse.
1:50 One must be very, very careful with a Torah scholar. And I don't understand - we need the Geulah so much, and the Geulah depends only on peace. All the troubles, all the evil decrees since the creation of the world - all of it is because of dispute. Either the dispute itself, or because there was no one to protect it. That is why this is the first priority: to be careful, to keep away from every dispute, not to be part of it. One cannot put out a dispute with a dispute, just as one cannot put out fire with fire.
2:18 Rather, one must keep away, and one must pray for peace. Hashem will bless His people with peace. Amen. Amen. Thank you very, very much.
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