tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post1206177457141008180..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: R' Yeruchem Gorelick ZingersChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-54120963557365737042009-08-14T01:12:34.055-04:002009-08-14T01:12:34.055-04:00walter- its a old litvishe thing to do. back when ...walter- its a old litvishe thing to do. back when it actually meant something and when people had characterharry-er than them allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957506180776134351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-82461976045956552792009-08-10T12:16:44.235-04:002009-08-10T12:16:44.235-04:00I don't get it - isn't that the definition...I don't get it - isn't that the definition of a Chassid? Someone who loves mitzvahs so much that he goes beyond the bare minimum. Especially if this is a harmless expression like wearing tzitis out or kissing a mezuzah.<br /><br />Why so much animosity towards this? Why suspect his motives and call him "false" because of ardor and passion...Walter Sobchaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-28338604172265008722009-08-10T10:28:08.955-04:002009-08-10T10:28:08.955-04:00"But- I'm reminded of the great words of ..."But- I'm reminded of the great words of HaRav Yerucham Gorelick, a"h, when a Lubavitch kid in shiur made a big show, interrupting the shiur, of passionately kissing the mezuzah on his way out to the men's room. R. Gorelick, upset with the interruption, yelled, "vas kuescht doch azoy?" The kid answered "es is a groyseh mitzvo", to which R. Gorelick on the spot replied "Bris Milah is oyched a groyseh mitzveh"....from Failed messiah filesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-59033449258938979092009-08-10T09:54:58.408-04:002009-08-10T09:54:58.408-04:00the mishna brurah paskens that one should have his...the mishna brurah paskens that one should have his tzitzis out, but not everyone agrees. My hilarious brother, when confronted by one of these mishna brurah extremists, replied, "Bris milah is a mitzvah, do you have that out?"Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1845931688824880352009-08-10T09:47:54.489-04:002009-08-10T09:47:54.489-04:00R. Yerucham Gorelik was one of a kind, apparently....R. Yerucham Gorelik was one of a kind, apparently.<br /><br />I heard a story, although I don't know if it's true, that the Rav was to attend some kind of meeting or conference, and that R. Gorelik was opposed to the Rav going. Therefore, at Mincha, R. Gorelik davened shemoneh esrai directly behind the Rav for a really long time so that the Rav could not end his shemoneh esrai. When R. Gorelik was sure that the Rav had missed his meeting, then he finally took 3 steps back.<br /><br />The Gorelik family, as far as I know, did not remain within the YU fold. His son teaches beis medrash at the Philadelphia yeshiva, and I assume his other children are charedi as well.Yosefnoreply@blogger.com