Journey to Agur: The Kever of Rav Yitzchak Gavra "Poel Yeshuos"

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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.

Hello, I'm Akiva Maza. We came all the way to Agur, which is a village near Beit Shemesh, to the kever of an individual who's malumad benisim. Reb Yitzhak Gavra. Reb Yitzhak Gavra. He was niftar chof alef Tammuz, taf shin yud, 1950. And he's buried right outside of his house. It's not a cemetery. People are not supposed to be buried here. They tried to move him many, many times. Every time they tried to move him, something happened, and they took it as a siman that he should be buried here. He said he wants to be buried here because he desires to be buried opposite his house by a carob tree. Now, right here is his kever. He's buried next to his wife. And a young child, a tinok, a yanuka. Ha'tinok she'yotzei nishmaso mi'toch kri'at shema. The kever of Reb Yitzhak Gavra. He was named after his father. He took on the name of his father, Reb Yitzhak ben Reb Yitzhak Gavra. Ha'mefursam benisim, b'chayav u'le'achar motzoi. Even after his death, he's still malumad benisim. He was niftar on a Thursday, chof alef Tammuz, in 1950. Osak b'Torah u'b'Avodah im achiv ha'tzadik, Reb Avraham Gavra. Reb Avraham Gavra was the mamaleh makom of his father, and when Reb Yitzhak Gavra's brother, Avraham, passed away, Reb Yitzhak Gavra took him over. He was a leader of Yemenite Jews in Aswad. He was known as the po'el yeshu'ot from Agur. He was the rav in Aswad, and when he made aliyah, he was one of the first

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1. 0:00Hello, I'm Akiva Maza. We came all the way to Agur, which is a village near…
2. 0:31that he should be buried here. He said he wants to be buried here because he…
3. 1:02motzoi. Even after his death, he's still malumad benisim. He was niftar on a Thursday, chof…
4. 1:32settlers here in Agur. He was born in 1859. He passed away at about 92 years…
5. 2:02Agur. He left in his tzava. He wanted to be buried near a carob tree, opposite…
6. 2:32yanuka who passed away reciting the kri'at shema. Now, they made numerous attempts to move him…
7. 3:03and this kever was revealed. And when her daughter had a boy, they named the boy…
8. 3:34the ma'aseh nisim that people experienced davening at his kever. Z'chuso yagen aleinu v'al kol Yisrael,…

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