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Reb Levi Yitzchak and ChametzReb Levi Yitzchak then approached a man walking down the street and asked if he had a cigarette. "Don't you know that they are illegal? I can get thrown in jail for possession!" Again, after several requests, the gentleman displayed his stash and offered one to the Berditchever.
Reb Levi Yitzchak then sent his attendant to a Jewish home to ask if they had a small piece of bread. "G-d forbid!" was the reply, and not knowing why the attendant was asking, continued to explain, "On Pesach we are forbidden to have any bread or chametz in our home." The attendant went to a second home and a third home, and the reply was the same.
When the attendant returned empty-handed to his Rebbe, Reb Levi Yitzchak held his hands up high and exclaimed, "Master of the Universe! The Czar forbids the importation of these cigarettes. He has soldiers and policemen to help enforce this law. But yet these cigarettes are on the streets and available to all, somehow smuggled across the border.
"Three thousand years ago, You commanded Your children not to bring bread into their homes on Pesach. You have no soldiers or policemen, yet there is no bread to be found in all of Berditchev. See how powerfully Your children love You!!"
OVER ONE THOUSAND men, women and children came out for the Friendship Walk to help raise funds and community awareness for the vital programs of the Friendship Circle.
Rabbi Kaduri and Birchat Hachama 5769
Brand new Shlomo Katz album
The following is a new remake of the "Hakhel" song by the Sparks boys choir. The song was composed by Israel Edelson, and was first performed by the Tzivos Hashem choir in Yerusholaim, in the Hakhel year of 1988. In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, and the major Hakhel event at Brooklyn College on April 5th with Mordechai Ben David and others, this song is presented for you to enjoy.
