Stories

Rav Chaim was asked by a Rosh Yeshiva the following question: I often tell my talmidim to get an early start in the mornings and not to stay up late.  They respond that there are many stories of Gedolim who stayed up late at night to learn.  What should I tell them? Rav Chaim zatzal…

Rav Matityahu Ze’ev Chaim Stiegel (1866 -1960) zatzal was the founder and head of the Beis Yosef Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.  He was the one who was zoche to arrange for the Steipler and Rav Chaim to come to Eretz Yisroel. The picture above is that of the Steipler, when he was a Rosh Yeshiva…

So what were Rav Chaim zatzal’s chovos – his daily learning schedule, and what time of day did he learn them?  Also, at what age did he begin doing them? This is what he learned from 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM each morning and continued from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.   – 8 blatt of…

A member of a group of Bnei Torah in a Kollel where the yungeleit were Bnei Torah was diagnosed r”l  with cancer.  The rest of the group wanted to know what they could do for their friend.  They approached Rav Chaim zatzal. He inquired of them where the cancer had struck him.  They responded that…

It was Wednesday, March 20th, 2013.  President Barak Obama had arrived in Lod Airport and a pomp arrival ceremony had taken place. The visit was the talk of Israel.  At the tarmac, right after the US president descended from Air Force One, the president stood absolutely still with the State of Israel’s government leaders surrounding…

Once, Maran Rav Chaim zatzal was at the home of Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953) zt”l. Rav Isser Zalman related to him that the statement of Rav Yoseph on Sotah 49b that humility did not cease to exist because there is “ana” is, actually, not so strange.. How so? Because he had a tradition from…