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Thank you MBD for the thread title 🙂
I heard a story about a Rebbe of mine from someone, and confirmed it with a few other people who witnessed it.
In Yeshiva Darchei Torah, there is a Rebbe named R’ Pinchas Wachsman, who gives the first year Beis Medrash shiur. He is a brother of the well-known R; Ephraim Wachsman. R’ Pinchas also happens to be a mechutan of R’ Malkiel Kotler.
One day, it started snowing heavily during shiur. In Darchei, the classrooms have a lot of big windows in the back of the classrooms, and it was getting distracting to the guys in the shiur. R’ Wachsman banged his hand down on his desk, and said, “Guys, what’s this? You never saw snow before? It will be there when the shiur is done. Pay attention!”
The class turned back around, and the shiur continued. Of course, 2 minutes later, everyone was staring out the windows again. R’ Wachsman banged on his desk again, and said, “Come one guys. I need to tell you again? Pay attention!”
A few minutes later, again, most of the shiur was looking out the windows. R’ Wachsman stood up, and gave a thunderous klap on his desk. He yelled out, “Ribono shel Olam! The snow is causing bittul Torah! You need to make it stop!”
A few seconds later, the snowfall suddenly stopped. Not a gradual slowing – a full stop, from heavy snow to nothing, in a few seconds.
Needless to say, everyone in the shiur was awed!
The nissim our current gedolim can bring is truly wonderous and inexplicable by nature.
DaMoshe
We don’t know the koach of Torah, or tefillah. But this Rebbe obviously does!
Facetious, your screen name won’t allow me to take anything you say seriously, so for the sake of clarity I propose you indicate when you are being serious, and when you don’t it will be assumed that we should take what you have to say with a grain of salt. Having said that, the story sounds awesome.
And in other news this week, a duck won the lottery…
I would have stared at all the snow on the ground. Or did that disappear?
JMH and squeak,
being mean isnt necessary here.
Its an amazing story. If u cant bring urself to see it, just refrain from saying anything at all. R’ Pinchas is a talmid chacham so at least don’t belittle him!!
Hashem doesnt create bad things, We might not understand them, but nothing is bad
And that includes Hurricanes and Snow. Snow melting (run off) is very important for Aquifers especially in Rockaway.
I’m sure he’s a major talmid chochom. I’m equally sure that he isn’t a ba’al mofes and wouldn’t like to be portrayed as such.
Besides, you completely missed the point of my post. I was not being mean, merely trying to point out a logical problem in a humorous way – google ‘the duck who won the lottery’ and it might help you see what I was trying to say.
I was being mean. But also pointing out that this is making something of nothing. Its no fun to point out though if I have to make him feel good about it.
just my hapence
“I’m sure he’s a major talmid chochom. I’m equally sure that he isn’t a ba’al mofes and wouldn’t like to be portrayed as such.”
I certainly think there is major Hashgocha pratis involved in that Hashem wanted to show the class the Koach Hatorah and that Hashem listens to Tefillos and He brought it about through this story. Nobody is saying that this Rebbe can control the weather at whim. If anyone thinks so they need mental help.
wow thats rlly amazing… wish he cud ask 4 mashiach too!!
I remember this very well! I was in R’ Wachsman’s shiur at the time, and saw this happen.
A few years later, on Purim, I told it to his shiur (he was hosting them for the seudah). His wife thanked me for saying it, and told me she had never head it before.
Edited to remove personal information.
WIY – Sorry, but again you missed the point of my post. Please, before you reply, google ‘the duck that won the lottery’.
Damoshe
Quite amazing. Which Kaliver Rebbe is this? Thanks.
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I would have to say its pretty easy to convince me of stories about tzaddikim (which is one of the reasons I’m so glad I have a down to earth husband who helps me realize the scams involving giving money to a place that promises that a tzaddik will daven for xyz if you donate hundreds of dollars). So yes, I think i do believe the story.
And I dont know about the rest of you, but when there is snow outside, whether its falling or sitting on the ground, I could sit by the window and just be amazed at this beautiful creation.
Damoshe
Quite amazing. Which Kaliver Rebbe is this? Thanks.
SiDi™
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