ShalomNewYork.com

” The mystery was soon resolved, with the appearance at the door of Rav Sholom Mordechai Hoffman, a respected member of the Toldos Aharon chassidus in Yerushalayim, accompanied by his son Chaim Zavil. The faces of the two shone with the ethereal joy of the performance of a rare mitzvah. Chaim Zavil, his youthful countenance framed by a Yerushalmi kaftan and a bar mitzvah boy’s shtreimel atop his head, smiled shyly at those present. He was clearly thrilled at this opportunity to have a personal meeting with the rebbe.”
“What did you do on the Shabbosim when everyone went to the mass demonstrations against the decisions of the Yerushalayim Municipality and its mayor Nir Barkat? Didn’t you want to go and demonstrate along with the rest of your friends? Chaim Zavil answers simply: “The greatest weapon in the battle with the anti-religious Zionists is to sit and study Torah, not just to go to demonstrations. Demonstrations don’t make a person a talmid chacham. The greatest zealotry is to be found in the pages of the Gemara. Who has time to go and demonstrate on Shabbos afternoon, when Hashem has given us the gift of Shabbos, which can be used properly to ‘gather up another bundle’ of pages of Gemara?” more@VosIzNeias.com

“