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Genuinely interested as to when and how the whole R’Shaya/Kerestir phenomenon began.
How did it suddenly become such a trend?
Why do people with no connection to Kerestir or chassidus feel such a pull to it?“Genuinely interested“
It’s amazing how ppl feel the need to write that just because of people like @commonsaychal“when”
mid 2010’s
“how”
Marketing / social media“Why”
Depends on the person, some are moved by his life , others by peer pressure, others by food Its a big planet there’s something for everybodyI have absolutely no idea what this is. Should I consider this to be a case of “ignorance is bliss?”
The Wolf
They gave out free pizza and slurpee in seasons express (someone sponsored)
It started about ten years ago.
It isn’t such a major trend. How many people do you know who actually went there?
The cynical part of me wants to say what I know most people reading this are thinking.
The better part of me will say that all the marketing in the world isn’t going to make the grave of anyone reading this a place where masses of people will go to daven and people won’t be claiming that that they saw a yeshua after they davened by the kever of anyone reading this.
Rav Shaya MeKerstir was known as a tremendous machnis orech and baal tzedoka during his lifetime. A person overflowing with Ahavas Yisroel. And his brochas were known to have a higher than average chance of working. Therefore people feel his kever is a place to daven and doing mitzvas l’iluy nishmosey can bring yeshous.
Read the Feldheim book Reb Shayele, The Warmth and Wonder of Kerestir, by Rabbi Yisroel Besser.
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