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The Yanuka Rav Shlomo Yehuda-הגאון הינוקא • בשבחו של צדיק - חכמי ישראל על כח תורתו והאחדות שמזריח בעם ישראל The Yanuka

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The Yanuka — Rav Shlomo Yehuda

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0:14 Why did we gather? Why did the great ones of Israel gather? Why did the heads of the courts gather? Why did you gather, you thousands of the faithful of Israel? What is special about this great and holy gathering? Gentlemen, we merit here something rare that happens only once in several generations. Such a completion of the entire Torah with full understanding.

0:39 I am trembling with fear that I have the right to speak before a giant of Israel, who is truly clothed in immense humility. The very fact that he went around the world for so long without anyone knowing, we have not yet seen such a thing. I have never seen that a person gives a shiur and immediately thousands and tens of thousands gather. This is the Torah proclaiming before him.

1:04 This is Torah of immense humility. The next song, I truly think we can all together dedicate it to the honor of the Rabbi. The words are from the letters of the Chazon Ish. And indeed the man who merits knowledge of the Torah walks among people and seems like an ordinary person, but in truth he is an angel. And indeed the man who merits, who merits to know the Torah, he walks among people and seems like an ordinary person And indeed the man who merits to know the Torah he walks among people and seems like an ordinary person but in truth he is a king, he lives among mortals and lives a life of nobility and exalted [unclear] and lives a life of nobility, and exalted He is physically a child, but his soul is very great. One of the wonders there are in this generation, this is the tzaddik who is about to enter among us.

2:47 I am one of the first people in Tzfat here since the year 5734, and there was never such an evening... There is much Torah, there are many Torah scholars, But unity is missing - love of Israel, and apparently only one and only can do such a thing, the Rabbi, the Gaon, the tzaddik.

3:20 No one knows the greatness of our souls, each and every Jew has an immense soul. There is no grasp of the greatness of the souls. We are all one. We are all one, we came from one root and source. With the permission of Kadosh Yisrael, he is here now, by the grace of Hashem, who can be the link between the Creator of the world and all of Israel.

3:54 I do not tell stories, I do not like idle stories, I am accountable for the words I speak, by the grace of Hashem, blessed be He. All of it is true. If you see, A servant of Hashem. Learn from him. I thought that if you see an old Jew, apparently there are serious matters in the words.

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4:35 I listen, I listen to what they tell me to do. How do we hasten it? (the geulah) Perhaps "And their cry went up to G-d" - that the Jewish people raise their eyes and ask for the kingship of Hashem and understand that He needs to reign, then He will reign. that they should have a cry for His kingship. Amen, amen. Unbelievable, in the revealed and the hidden.

5:02 "Master of the entire Talmud" - there was never such a thing in the revealed and the hidden, with all the details and the details of the details. Sixty tractates, of which the Rabbi is expert in all of them, all of them. The qualities of the holy Rabbi, the humility, that everyone sees how he connects with everyone, and the Torah connects to him like a magnet.

5:35 Our teacher, the great Rabbi, the Gaon, wondrously abundant like a spring in all parts of the Torah, to whom people gather from all circles, great and small, since love of Israel is lodged in his heart in a most wondrous way and his humility, our teacher, that indeed "And Moshe went down to the people."

6:10 I also want you to bless me. Can you bless me? I need the Rabbi to give me a blessing. I do not have the merit to give the Rabbi a blessing. You have a much greater merit than mine, because your level is greater. The more difficulty there is, the greater the level of what you do. The King is much happier with the gift that you bring, you are truly a tzaddik.

6:38 It will be a very great gift for me and for the Holy One, blessed be He, if the Rabbi comes to the Bar Mitzvah on the 16th of Tishrei in Jerusalem. This would greatly honor the Holy One, blessed be He, and make me very happy. If the Rabbi agrees to sit here, it would make me very happy. If the Rabbi can say a few words, it would make me very happy. How much one can learn and see from his qualities (of Chizki) and what.. Just to look at him and see how much he strengthens, and how he lifts everyone's eyes to heaven, and how he gladdens the Jewish people.

7:22 if not for a time like this our teacher and rabbi came, that we gather around him and learn from his ways. Our teacher and rabbi, the gaon of Israel, for whom the entire Torah, in its length and breadth, is clear in a most surprising way.

7:51 This is a special soul that came down to the world. I heard him, "The paths of heaven are as clear to him as the paths of Nehardea." I also merited to be with him together for a certain time. We spoke and I saw his greatness and his might.

8:17 In his might Zohar, midrashim, the entire Torah. The entire Torah - whatever you speak with him about, he knows everything. "No secret is hidden from him" - in the revealed and the hidden. There is nothing he does not know. His expertise and his knowledge of the entire Torah... His Torah proclaims about him. The Yanuka is like an angel, who can remember the entire Torah, can remember everything. It is a wonder, it is something... it is a very great soul, truly.

9:09 Gentlemen, a person who knows the entire Torah. The Rabbi just mentioned the Yanuka. A young man of thirty-two sits there, rolling off the entire Torah without thinking twice, without any book, not lifting his head. "My heart was not haughty and my eyes were not raised" - you see it plainly. Elderly men, famous Torah scholars, sat there under his protection, kissing his hands. It is a wonder to see such a young boy, who was already fourteen he was already giving Torah lessons and reciting all of Shas by heart. How can such a thing be?

9:52 I sat there and was amazed. But I understood where it comes from - from his humility. Soon we will hear the great gaon. I do not know if there are words, enough words to describe the simplicity and the humility and the modesty alongside the comprehensive knowledge at such a young age. Gentlemen, it is not just any Rabbi, who is a gaon of Israel, holy of holies, comes to us here to strengthen us.

10:22 Only HaRav HaYanuka, shlita, is what works in our generation, that brings us light, light to the Jews, light to all the Jewish people. This is what we need today in this generation. The Rabbi, when he comes to come, every word of his is holy of holies, it is holy speech. We must rejoice and greatly appreciate the merit of receiving such magnificent Torah, the Torah of Hashem, that is full of ruach hakodesh and true counsel for everyone who seeks knowledge.

10:51 And thank G-d, we have the merit to receive this with a clean mind, from a living Sefer Torah. Six orders of Mishnah, the Babylonian Talmud, minor tractates, Mishneh Torah of Rabbi Moshe, the Shulchan Aruch "We will return to you and you will return to us; our mind is on you and your mind is on us. You will return to us, Tractate Niddah and all of Shas; and our mind is on us, Tractate Niddah and all of Shas."

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Acclamations of a Tzaddik Torah Scholars Pay Homage to the Grandeur of the Gaon, the Yanuka, His Torah and Unity He Radiates to All Special Moments from the Annual Event of the Completion of the Entire Torah 5783 & More Remarkable Occasions – Awe-Inspiring Scenes of Harmonious Torah Study, Solidarity among Yisrael, with Events of Celebrating the Torah Learning and More from Our Master, Our Teacher, The Gaon, The Yanuka. What is the purpose of this gathering? Why have all the great Rabbis gathered here? Why have all the Rabbinic leaders of our judicial system gathered together? Why have all of you, the thousands of people that are loyal and trustworthy to Yisrael, What is so unique and special about this massive and holy gathering? My dear friends, we have merited to be a part of a very exceptional event An event that only occurs in a few generations The completion of the entire Torah with complete comprehension I am filled with awe and trepidation that I have permission to speak in the presence of a Gaon (a brilliant genius) of Yisrael who is absolutely embellished with incredible humility The mere fact that he has existed in this world for so long With no one knowing about him We have never witnessed such a phenomenon We have not witnessed a phenomenon where someone gives a lecture and thousands of people assemble to listen to him speak The Torah declares before him; this is the Torah that emanates from deep humbleness I am convinced that the next song, All of us together can dedicate to the Rav (The Yanuka) The lyrics are from a letter from the “Chazon Ish” A person who is worthy of knowing the entire Torah, And he walks amongst men, And even appears to be a human being, But in truth, he is an angel And indeed a meritorious man Meriting Torah knowledge He walks among people

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  1. 0:00Acclamations of a Tzaddik Torah Scholars Pay Homage to the Grandeur of the Gaon, the Yanuka,…
  2. 1:02The Torah declares before him; this is the Torah that emanates from deep humbleness I am…
  3. 2:09And exalted above all glory But in reality, he is an angel Living among the mortal…
  4. 3:52I am speaking about ideas that I know about, I am not telling over stories I…
  5. 5:06in the revealed and of the secrets of the Torah, with every single detail Sixty Tractates…
  6. 6:41If the Rav could come to my Bar Mitzvah on the 16th of Tishrei in Jerusalem…
  7. 7:44That the entire width and breadth of the Torah Is so clear to him, is most…
  8. 8:44All the secrets, nothing escapes him, both in the revealed and in the hidden parts of…
  9. 10:19Is coming to us to give us encouragement But only the Rav, the Yanuka, is what…
  10. 11:21That he has true and absolute Torah One needs also to accept from him his guidance…

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