A group of descendants of Reb Shmelke of Salish ZATZAL traveled to his Kever today with one thing in mind: Davening that another descendant of his, Yair Lapid, should not be victorious in today’s election.
The group is the Shrenlicht family from London, and according to reports, traveled specifically to the Ukraine for this reason.
HaGaon HaGadol Rav Shmuel Shmelke Klein ZT”L, Av Beis Din of Chust and Salish and the author of the sefer “Tzror HaChaim”. Lapid is a great-grandson.
Yair Lapid is the son of author Shulamit Lapid, the daughter of journalist and author David Giladi (Klein), the son of Rav Shlomo Zalman Klein, a prominent rav in Transylvania, who was the son of Rav S. Shmelka Klein.
The video below was taken on Tuesday afternoon as they recite Selichos at the kever.
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8 Responses
I wonder if they ever went to daven that he should be Chozer Betshuva shlayma??!
1. So Lapid isn’t a “great-grandson”, rather a great great grandson.
2. So Rav Shmuel Shmelke Klein ZT”L was not “among the many kedoshim who perished in the Holocaust”…
The boys must have been ecstatic, no cheder and a trip to boot
MDshweks – you are right. According to information from geni dot com, Rabbi HaGaon Hatzaddik R’Shmuel Shmelke Klein, “Tzror HaChaim”(Klein) was born in September 1804 and was niftar on March 16, 1875
MDshweks, exactly. Also, I see no indication on the matzeva that he was murdered. YWN seems to just be making up strange stories.
@Y
Of course: Dear Heilige Zeide help your einikel be Chozer Bitshuva Sheleima…and until then…keep him out of power so he won’t enact Gezeiros Koshos on his fellow Yidden.
It couldn’t get more of a tragicomedy.
@ Y he lost his chance many years ago.