After exactly one month, the Gerer Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter, is visiting Jerusalem this Shabbat. It is also the Yahrzeit of the "Pnei Menachem" and this morning, the Rebbe went to the cemetery in order to pray at the grave.
Tonight, there will be a huge Tish at the Synagogue in Yirmeyahu Street. But, unfortunately, Chassidut Gur is the only group, not letting the women join their Tish. I wish this would change !!!
Some Gerer Chassidim asked me to come to the Synagogue tomorrow morning but I had to cancel. This Shabbat I am entirely spending with the Toldot Aharon in Mea Shearim. Tomorrow they celebrate Shabbat Chatan, as a grandson of the Rebbe is getting married next week.
In the middle: The Rebbe of Toldot Aharon, Rabbi David Kahn.
However, the Gerer Rebbe will be back in Jerusalem in another two weeks and for Purim !!!
The present Rebbe of Chassidut Gur, Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter
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ReplyDeleteHey your not suppose to Pray at a grave!!!! thats bad for the resting soul, They can not particapt and it makes them feel bad becaues their time to worship is over I think that is main stream Jewish thinking thinking, am I wrong?
Ahava Dan
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ReplyDeleteHi Dan,
You are wrong.:-)
Praying at a grave or for a resting soul at all, including a Yahrzeit, is good to lift up the soul.
It is always good to speak about the good deeds of a dead person, pray or make a Torah teaching in his honour. As I said, the sould of the deseased will be uplifted.
Have a good week !!!
Miriam
GREETINGS SHEARIM,
ReplyDeleteI AM ALEKSANDAR JOVANOVIC FROM SERBIA.
MY INTEREST IS KABBALAH,MOSTLY PRACTICAL SIDE OF THE TRADITION.
I AM INITIATED IN THE BEIT OF KOTZK CHASSIDUT WHICH DESCENT FROM BRAZIL AND THERE COME FROM URUGUAY.
WHEN RABBI LEVY BEN MENDEL FROM SAO PAOLO DIE IN 2000,I AM NOT SURE IF HIS YESHIVA STILL WORK.I HAVE PROBLEMS TO FIND CHAVERS THERE,EVEN IN OTHER COUNTRY TO FIND SOMEONE FROM KOTZK.
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME TO DIRECT ME TO SOMEONE?
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
SHALOM
ALEKSANDAR JOVANOVIC
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ReplyDeleteWhere exactly would you like to find someone from Kotzk ?
I can find out from the Gerer Chassidim but you have to let me know where exactly.
Miriam
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ReplyDeleteGREETINGS MIRIAM,
THANK YOU FOR KIND REPLY.
I SEE YOUR ANSWER ON BLOG.
I DECIDE TO WRITE YOU AGAIN LIKE THIS ,BECAUSE OF PRIVACY.I HOPE THAT WE CAN CORESPOND OUT OF BLOG.BUT IF NOT JUST TELL ME.
I LOOK TO FIND BEIT OF KOTZK IN SAO PAOLO,BRAZIL PRIMARY,TO CONTACT THE STUDENTS OF LATE RABBI LEVY BEN MENDEL WHO DIE IN 2000 I THINK OR 2002.
BUT IT IS TO BE OF HELP IF I CAN FIND IN OTHER COUNTRYS CONTACT FOR KOTZK NEAR ME IN EAST EUROPE.
GENERALY I HOPE THAT SOME RABBI IS TO ACCEPT ME AS HIS STUDENT,I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS POSIBLE EVEN.
I HEARD THAT KOTZK WORK AS PART OF GERER DYNASTY,BUT SOME SAY THAT EXSIST AS SEPARATE BRANCH IN SOME COUNTRYS.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL CONTACTS YOU MADE TO HELP ME.
SHALOM
ALEKSANDAR
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ReplyDeleteHi Alexander,
I will ask the Gerer Chassidim I know about Kotzk.
It is right that today, Chassidut Ger and Alexander follow Kotzk.
If Kotzk exist as a separate group ?
I don't know but I will find out as soon as possible and let you know.
Chassidut Gur has a branch in Zurich. At least a small prayer room and some Chassidim. Maybe you can study with them. However, they are a little far away from Serbia.:-)
Gur is the biggest chassidic group in Israel and if you were here, you could probably study with them. They do accept people from the outside, even as group members.
Miriam