Lessons From Gedolim I Knew

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Great people were great in Torah and just as great in middos, caring for every talmid and every Yid. We see it in Rav Shach quietly supporting a talmid, and in Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach davening all day over a yeshiva's court case. Working on middos again and again matters most, and even without becoming like the Avos, each of us can at least touch their ways.

Key points

• Rav Shimon Shkop's bracha, if you want to learn, learn, became Rav Gifter's motto.
• In the Gulf War, Rav Shach wanted talmidim to come, but never against a mother's tears.
• Rav Shach paid a talmid monthly from his own money for two years after advising against a position.
• Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach davened all day for the yeshiva's court case, feeling another Yid's tzara.
• The Steipler reads Moshe as middos, sechel yashar and hasmada, with middos first and last in shidduchim.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Boro Park memories
2. 6:13Rav Shimon Shkop's bracha to Rav Gifter
3. 9:43Rav Gifter's drasha on 14th Avenue
4. 11:27Rav Shach and his talmidim
5. 14:06Bringing talmidim during the Gulf War
6. 16:35Rav Shach's care for a talmid
7. 24:04The court case over the yeshiva building
8. 34:47Rav Shlomo Zalman and a failed business deal
9. 38:08Middos, the Steipler and the Kotzker

Topics

• Middos
• Tefillah
• Talmidim