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The Yanuka’s own words in this shiur, translated into English by Lehallel · 479 words · 2:46. Press a time to hear it said.
0:00 Here He has something special to bring to the Rav. I brought the Rav the spoon. Rav Kanievsky would make, every Motzaei Shabbos, he would take some of the tea, and this is the spoon that served him.
0:27 I said, I will bring this to the Rav as a pidyon. Oh really? You want to bring me this as a pidyon? Yes. It looks to me like silver, this too is silver... There is my son's name on the back of the spoon. I would bring... Thank you very much, your honor. What a joy, an honor for us. This is how his Melaveh Malkah looked. The Rav had his tea next to him... and the spoon is on the table. He also sits here with the... yes, here it is...
0:55 Yes, here it is... May it be His will that all the harsh judgments and severities be sweetened away from you, amen, through a supernal wonder that is full of mercy and complete kindnesses without any admixture of judgment at all, in merit of this holy and awesome sar haTorah, the tzaddik, foundation of the world, may his merit protect us, with Hashem's help, that the light of his Torah and the merit of his holy forefathers, the Saba Kadisha, all his holy forefathers. You know, he His father, Rabbi Yaakov Kanievsky, is named after Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael of Cherkas, who was the grandfather of Rabbi Mordechai Dov of Hornosteipel.
1:29 His father was Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl, Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl. He was a supremely holy one. So he is buried in Bilisrakov, I was once at his grave. He was one of the holy and pure ones. I have his picture. And his parents were their chassidim, because of this he also was accustomed, he would go with the shtreimel and go with a gartel also. A gartel also, yes. They brought me the Steipler's gartel. This gartel, I pray in it on Rosh Hashanah, Someone brought this to me.
1:56 A chassid who was close to him brought me also a gartel as a pidyon. I merited. What is this? This I brought, a book that was published about the Rav... A picture of the spoon, yes, yes. Thank you very much, you really made me happy... You made me very happy. And I also want your name here on the picture, so that I too will pray for you, so that I too will pray for you. So that I will pray for you each time...
2:25 so that I will pray for you each time... also your honor's name. May you have salvations and holy wealth in merit of this, livelihood and abundance, healing and life... What a gift, something... you made me happy. I love tzaddikim so much, and the belongings of tzaddikim, that is something... A spoon of pure silver with the picture...
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