December 19, 2023 · 00:04:13
Yahrtzeit Yomi #884!! ו טבת Divrei Yechezkel Shineveh Rav רב יחזקאל שרגא ב״ר חיים הלברשטאם אדמו״ר משינבה (1815 - 1898) ------------------------------------------- Today, ו טבת, marks the 125th yahrtzeit of the Divrei Yechezkel, Rav Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, ZTL, the Shineveh Rav, and eldest son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. When contrasting the different approaches of two of his illustrious sons; Rav Yechezkel Shraga and Rav Boruch of Gorlitz (fourth son of the Sanzer Rav, the “Imrei Boruch”), the saintly Divrei Chaim would express it as follows: “My Boruch’el (Rav Boruch of Gorlitz) has such an unswerving loyalty to the truth, that he would reject an entire mountain of truth if there was even ‘ah brekeleh’ (tiny crumb) of falsehood within. “But my Chatzkel is so attached to the Dvar Hashem, that he would embrace a whole mountain of falsehood if there was even ‘ah brekeleh’ of truth within!!” There is a beautiful thought from the Divrei Yechezkel, which was quoted by Rav Meilich Biderman Shlita: In Parashas Vayigash, after revealing his true identity to the Brothers, Yosef tells them: ועתה אל תעצבו ואל יחר בעיניכם וכו׳ (בראשית מה:ה) “And now, do not be sad, nor view yourselves with anger.....” The Divrei Yechezkel brilliantly referenced the words of the Mechilta: אין ׳ועתה׳ אלא תשובה, שנאמר ועתה ישראל מה ה' אלקיך שואל מעמך' (בשלח, פרשה ה) The Mechilta tells us that the word ועתה in the Torah always refers to the process of teshuva. Consequently, says the Divrei Yechezkel, t