An impressive celebration was held in the Divrei Chaim
synagogue in Bnei Brak's Shikun Gimmel, in honor of the
appearance of She'eilos Uteshuvos Divrei Chaim of R'
Chaim Halberstam, zt'l, av beis din of the
kehilla kedoshah of Sanz. This sefer, which has
appeared in two luxurious volumes has, for scores of years,
been scarce.
Rabbi Shmuel Halberstam, general director of Mifal Hashas,
welcomed the rabbonim and admorim who participated in
this event, and described the great delight felt by the many
lomdim, headed by rabbonim, dayanim and
roshei yeshiva, over the printing of the index to the
book, which contains more than 5000 entries and topics from
the Shas, as well as a list of the verses which appear
in the sefer, arranged according to the alef-
beis. Although the sefer first appeared in print
in 5635, this is the first time that an index has been
prepared for it. Rabbi Shmuel Halberstam ardently thanked R'
Sinai Halberstam, the rav and av beis din of Shikun
Gimmel of Bnei Brak for having prepared so excellent an
index.
The remarks of HaRav Moshe Halberstam, a member of the
beis din tzeddek of the Eida HaChareidis, who spoke
about the depth and the learning approach of the Divrei
Chaim, were listened to raptly. HaRav Halberstam pointed out
that all of the words of the Divrei Chaim are based on the
rishonim, until the clarification of the
halocho.
HaRav Halberstam closed with a warning against encroaching on
the rights to book.
Rabbi Mordechai Geller, the gabbai of the Divrei Chaim
beis medrash conveyed the blessings of the
gedolim and poskim of the generation, who
praised the members of the kollel for having assisted
in all the phases of the preparation of the sefer and
the index.
