....החסיד מבין יותר טוב מהרבי

Hirshel: surely you read about Reb Yoel Kahan's visit to the Belzer Rebbe. And after the visit you must've been surprised to see - and even more so, to hear - that Reb Pinches Friedeman attended a farbrengen with Reb Yoel and spoke (in his Rebbe's name?) about Chabad and Tanya. Anybody who knows anything about Belz knows this are truly groundbreaking events. Belz speaking in praise of the Chabad Derech?! Belz was about Tor/Beis Yosef, not learning Chassidus. Anyway, what got me was how come R' Pinchas the chusid knows very well why Yud Tes Kislev is celebrated vs. all others arrests of other Rebbes like the Holy Ruzhiner, and his Rebbe plays dumb and asks Reb Yoel the difference? can a chusid know better then his Rebbe... the Ruzhiner was very holy,, but the question is shocking for a chuchem like the Belzer. As if he's asking why celebrate Yud Beis Tammuz and not celebrate Spinker Rebbe of BP's release????

For better pictures and a clearer view see here

מיינע בויך סברות פעלט קיינעם נישט אויס - בעסער לערנען דעם רבינ'ס חסידות אין דעם "יום הגדול והקדוש" פון יו"ד שבט

ומי לנו גדול פון הרב ר' יואל שי' כהן

FYI: HaChossid Reb Yoel Kahan שליט"א is בא"ב of Rav Refoel HaCohen זצ"ל of Hamburg

בא"ב = Ben Achar Ben.

RRH was a Talmid of the גר"א who traveled to the Mezritsher Maggid and later refused to sign the ח on Chassidim. He was Rov the famous 3 Kehillos of אה"ו in Germany. I read this in a biography of his Brother-in-Law, Reb Boruch .פאריז, ע"ה

Here is the seder:

Rav Refoel

Tzvi Hirsh

Kasriel

Gavriel

Refoel Nachman

Boruch Sholom

Refoel Nachman

Yoel

when all else fails - post pictures!

Between work, sending kids off to camp, trying on shirts before the nine days and my usual hectic schedule of Torah and Avodah, there has been little time for long blog posts. So we do what we can to keep you entertained and informed. Enjoy these treasures, pictures of Reb Yoel Kahan at 770 on Chol HaMoed Sukkos, courtesy of Chabad Lubavitch Archives.