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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Rav Ruderman's 25th Yohrtzeit


The (Chabadsker Yingel cum) Slabodker Talmid who founded and became the Rosh Yeshiva of  Ner Israel in Baltimore is seen right, with glasses, with Rav Moshe Feinstein left, [Rabbi Zakheim,?] the Kopycniczer Rebbe, Reb Moshe Mordche, holding the becher. Quite "malchus'dig," I might add. RYYR passed away on this day in 5747/1987. The picture is sometime between 1967, when the old Kopycniczer passed away, and 1975, when RMMH passed away בדמי ימיו, in 1975. The Rebbishe benkel has been vacant ever since.

תנצב"ה

Wiki page on RYYR

Saturday, June 30, 2012

"ספר "חודש לשנה


Flatbush Jewish Journal Seforim Review by Rabbi Yaakov Levitz

The welfare and livelihood of our brethren is something that is, and should be, of utmost importance to us. In that vein, RMoshe Feinstien ztl ruled that when one is dismissed from his position,his former employer must pay a pension of Chodesh Lshana, one month of pay in return for every year the position was held. Sefer Chodesh Lshana is based on this Psak of RMoshe. It discusses the background of the Shaila and explains what RMoshe based his Psak on. An important element of the Shaila is what accepted practice is, since we assume that an employer accepts on himself the standard pension in the Jewish world. To show that the accepted norm is indeed a month for a year, Chodesh Lshana includes in it dozens of letters from Batei Din and Rabbonim from all over the world attesting to the fact that they in fact follow the arrangement of a month for a year. The arrangement of Chodesh Lshana, though seemingly new, has its precedent in the Rishonim.The Chinuch (Mitzvah 482) when discussing the Mitzvah of giving gifts to an Eved Ivri who is leaving his servitude, encourages any employer to furnish a worker who is leaving his service with an appropriate send off. Nothing less could be expected of the Jewish people whose Simanim include the Middos of Rachmanim and Gomlei chasadim.

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