At the time of the Tchechnover's birth his father, the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova, was in Eretz Yisroel. His mother took her newborn son to her father-in-law, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, who promised that this baby would in time illuminate the world.

His father the Divrei Yechezkel would often comment of his son, "Er iz mein ganze chiyus! (He is my whole life.)"

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Opinion and Comment Back to Aggodoh by R' Refoel Berelsohn Part II A talk with HaRav Michel Zilber, rosh yeshivas Zevihl and Yeshivas Tiferes Yisroel in Jerusalem, about the approach to learning Aggadeta, subsequent to the publication of his work, Bayom Derech last year, dealing with topics in aggodoh which were delivered in public addresses by the author every Shabbos. Last week he noted that there are several approaches to the study of aggodoh, one of which is that of the earlier generations who approached aggodoh in the same way they studied halochoh.

IN-DEPTH FEATURES Gems of Torah and Daas from Rav Eliyahu Meir Bloch Based on Conversations with Rabbi T. Lasdun by Rabbi Dov Eliach In the course of one of our conversations, Rav Lasdun repeated a wonderful idea that he'd heard from Rav Eliyahu Meir about Akeidas Yitzchok - an idea that Rav Eliyahu Meir himself exemplified.

Opinion & Comment Eruvin: In Praise of Positive Innovations, Not Chumras by Mordecai Plaut As we celebrated the completion of maseches Eruvin in the Daf Yomi, we reflected on how people see the laws that it discusses: as a big "chumrah," a "burden" placed upon our Shabbos observance by Chazal. A specific example is that the rabbonim prohibited us from carrying from one private domain to another private domain, even though as far as the Torah was originally concerned, this was freely permitted. The only related Torah-based prohibition is to carry from a public domain (reshus horabbim) to a private domain (reshus hayochid) or vice versa.