YWN has been contacted by the family of Hagon Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg Shlita, and have asked us to publicize in their name that the Rosh Yeshiva is not in critical condition, nor is he hospitalized. In fact, the only information which is accurate, is the YWN report from Monday afternoon, in which we reported that the Rosh yeshiva had been released from Mount Sinai Hospital, and was taken to the home of a supporter in Far Rockaway.
Unfortunately, some people have been forwarding old emails and/or text messages requesting Tehillim be said urgently for the Rosh Yeshiva. This prompted the family to reach out to YWN to clarify this.
As YWN had first reported last week, Rav Scheinberg had been admitted to the hospital with an infection in his gallbladder. Doctors were unsure whether to perform the surgery on the 100-year-old Rosh Yeshiva or not. Antibiotics has apparently been working, and a decision was made to discharge the Rosh Yeshiva on Monday.
Rav Scheinberg Shlita arrived approximately two weeks ago on his annual visit to the New York area for fundraising, and to attend the dinner benefiting his Yeshiva – which was held last Sunday.
Anyone wishing to meet with the 100-year-old Rosh Yeshiva Shlita, should please call 347-693-4356.
(Dov Gordon – YWN)
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refua shlaima to the rosh yeshiva.
I got this text from 2 people. Naturally I said some Tehillim and fwd the text. I’m sure it will come to good use.
Refuah Shelaime Lchol Cholei Yisroel.
the #False Rumors were probaly spread by the same ppl who spread false text msgs on Hrh”k Tosher Rebbe Shlita.
There’s nothing wrong with saying Tehillim: one never knows where it will lead.
TRUE STORY from last week: my class was asked to say Tehillim for the Rosh Yeshiva. I spent a few minutes speaking about the power of Tehillim (I say a lot of Tehillim, every day.) As a result, these 6th graders, many who are not from frum homes, asked if we could “please say Tehillim every day for all the sick people.”
How fabulous is that??? So we do & we have a list of names on the board. In addition, the children pull out their own lists of names. I’m the secular teacher, by the way.
I can’t provide out any sources or mesora off the top of my head, so I pose this as a question to all…is it NOT a problem to be erroneously mispalel in such specific circumstances? Is there not some sort of ayin hara or something? Maybe ayin hara is the wrong concept, but it is disturbing to think that yesterday evening, hundreds maybe thousands of us (I got the text too) were walking around thinking that Rav Scheinberg shlita was in “critical condition” with a “violent virus” attacking his body. Bad karma folks.
I have made it a rule not to pass on email calls for Tehillim that are not dated and where there is no source for follow up. People who send out email tefilla calls: include a date in the text of the message as well as your contact info for follow up because many people just copy and paste the message to get rid of all the fw: fw: fw: list of names.
A friend of mine once went to her relative for Shabbos and joined the local Tehillim group, only to find her late husband on the list a year and a half after his petira. Tefillos are important, but a system has to be used to keep the information current.
Forwarding false messages such as the one we are talking about or l’havdil the typically stupid email hoaxes, only creates The Boy Who Cried Wolf theory.