Journey to Lithuania: Vilna - Rav Aveili Fastvaller

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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.

Okay friends, there are a few names that it's worthwhile to mention while we're still here in VNA. We're driving back from the cemetery. As you saw, many of the great sadikim. Unfortunately, the cemeteries were desecrated and they had to be moved. So, they were able to preserve the abarim. But there's a name that it's important to be familiar with. Everybody knows the Mishbar. There's a name that is equally as great but is virtually unknown. The Rava VNA from 1762 to 1836. Rabbi Abram a Fasaler. Rab Fasal. Rabi Fasvaler. You familiar with that name? You ever hear the name Rabi Fasaler? Well, you need to be familiar with this name. Four years after the go passed away, Rabi Faler was appointed the Royd of And there were some pretty qualified contenders the nobaler was unanimously appointed to be the Royd. He was already determined to be the God Alhadar. Can you imagine the greatest sage of the generation today is not so well known. He was a great Anov. The story goes there was a uh Jew from VNA who lost his job. He would learn in the B medish and he would come and talk in learning with valor mostly about nonsense you know nothing he didn't have much to contribute and he would constantly ask questions. The reason being he wanted to so to speak maintain a uh reputation that he was holding and learning. So he wanted everybody to see that he was he was speaking and learning fast. In fact, one time he asked he told

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1. 0:00Okay friends, there are a few names that it's worthwhile to mention while we're still here…
2. 0:33as great but is virtually unknown. The Rava VNA from 1762 to 1836. Rabbi Abram a…
3. 1:36the B medish and he would come and talk in learning with valor mostly about nonsense…
4. 2:06Ra Fas, you know, Ra, you yourself don't even understand the sug. The man, he has…
5. 3:08forget the first night of rash you do not repeat so the BI and his chas…
6. 3:41you don't say so it's notes yet so we know the reason why you don't have…
7. 4:41night. So if it's if it's rash at night then you have to say so you…
8. 5:12And says the is like that if you don't say the night of rash you do…
9. 6:14say and still omit therefore of course we should say But if one did not say…
10. 6:47blew it. So in deference to and our trip to VNA from now on I want…

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