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By Hamodia Staff The last photo of the Liezher Rav,  zt”l  (L), together with the Vizhnitzer Rebbe,  shlita , of London (C) and his son-in-law Harav Chaim Michoel Biberfeld, Tchortkover Rav of London,  shlita . LONDON  - The London community, and  Klal Yisrael  as a whole, mourns the  petirah  of Harav Yehoshua Ze’ev Meizlish, the Liezher Rav of London,  zt”l , who was  niftar  on Shabbos in London. He was 87 at his  petirah . He was the son of Harav Chaim Meizlish, the Sarvosher Rav,  zt”l,  who was the son of Harav Dovid Dov Meizlish,  zt”l,  the Ujhel Rav and  mechaber  of  Binyan Dovid. As a young boy during the war years, Rav Meizlish survived the horrors of the Holocaust, and later became a close  talmid  and devoted Chassid of the Satmar Rebbe, Harav Yoel Teitelbaum,  zy”a . When he came of age, he married,  tblch”t , the daughter of the Liezher Ra...

Pearls of Life R abbi Miller appropriate words explains to our Pearls of Life readers about Happiness and Suffering. There was a man who has been ill for months. Now his business is going lost and he’s terribly depressed. Is there any hope for him? The answer is that it would have been much better if such a man would have prepared himself in the days when things were going well so that when a crunch would come, he’d be able to resist. Rabbi Miller explains what it says in Koheles:   On a good day, be in a good mood; be happy. Now, isn’t this a superfluous thing to say? But he means like this: When things are going well, that’s when you should prepare. That’s when you should gather for the future all the confidence and happiness that you can. That’s the best time to understand the ways of Hashem and learn what life is all about; and if you do that then you might even understand someday that even misfortune is a great benefit. Let’s say this man had learned in his younger da...

Pearls of Life The Pearls of Life brings the question asked of Rabbi Avigdor Miller what is the reason for the illness called cancer? Rabbi Miller answers with a question of referring to Rashi who asks what is the reason for any illness? And he says, it’s to make a person’s mind humbled. What does that mean?  The purpose of illness is to make a man humbled so that he should cry out to Hashem. The purpose is to cry out to Hashem. Now pay attention, it says, Cry out to Hashem in thanksgiving. You have a choice. You have to cry out to Hashem one way or another; so Cry out to Hashem, in thanksgiving. An ani is a person who cries out from affliction. So you have a choice.  You can cry out in thanksgiving, in happiness – when you’re well, when you’re young and everything is alright. And then there’s chalilah another way – when he has cancer, chalilah.  So cry out to Hashem now while you have the happiness option. Maybe you’ll never need anything else. Maybe you’ll be health...

Pearls of Life The Pearls of Life learn from Shaarei Teshuvah 1:6 that if a person makes no effort to observe a certain mitzvah, he is considered a mumar [heretic] in regard to that mitzvah, and his sin is too weighty to bear. Of this the Torah states, “Cursed is he who does not uphold  the words of the Torah” (Devorim 27:26) – meaning that he does not accept upon himself to observe the entire Torah.

Knowing Real Love Shalom Aleichim.  A beautiful vort about  Parashas Ki Sisa , practical everyday life.  Listen to this.  You're going to love it.  Says the  pasuk , when  Moshe Rabbeinu  was trying to appease  Hakadosh Boruch Hu , after the  Cheit HaEigel , how can you possibly achieve -- how do you make Hashem happy after the  Cheit HaEigel ?  It's the worst  cheit  since the  cheit  of  Adam HaRishon .    How are you going to make that better? So listen to   what  Moshe Rabbeinu  says.  Listen to this beautiful, beautiful  pasuk  and a tremendous lesson that we learn from it.  The  pasuk says, " V'yichal   Moshe et p'nei Hashem ", Moshe petitions the face of  Hashem Elokav .  " V'yomer ", he said, " lamah Hashem yechereh ap'cha ", Hashem, why are You angry " b'amecha ", with Your...