יארצייט: הגאון רבי חיים מרדכי קאטץ ע"ה, ר"י טעלז-קליוולאנד - 50 שנה

As a child of a talmid of Reb Mottel, I grew up hearing stories and vertlach about him. Then, when the Alumni Association starting sending out the tapes I would often listen to them. As a child it was difficult to listen to, with the accent not being what I was used to, but I got used to it. I may not relate to him like a shtikkel Yated, with all the cliches, but Reb Mottel, who was not a כהן, has a special place in my heart. You might call it Litvak royalty. The world could have used more good Litvaks like him, but sadly Hitler and the Litwaukees yms"h all but wiped them out. It's ironic and sad that none of his, nor any of Reb Elya Meir's descendants are currently in any leadership positions in the Yeshiva that they built with the sweat of their brows.

R Mottel Katz Levaya

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the show must go on! מיין שטעטאלע טעלז

HIGHLIGHTS:

Zalman Gifter gets $1.05M.
He may not open a Yeshiva or Kolel in Wickliffe, home of the Telsher Yeshivah.
He still retains "בעלות" of the Yeshiva. I'm not sure what it's worth...
If he leaves within 90 days the Yeshiva must pay ZG $200k for his house.
הערה 3 is a must-read. The Yeshiva is there taken to task for going to court.
He may not use the name Telshe alone. It must have another name added to it.
Telshe has no claim to Rav Gifter anymore.
The Rebbetzin must be paid up what she's owed.
Yankev Velvel Katz and Yosef Zalman Bloch do NOT rescind their claim to Telshe.
All payments must be made by 120 days of the Psak.

(what about Reb Yitzchok Sorotzkin? Reb Aizik Ausband and his son?)

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see הערה 3

די סאטמורים (ארונים) אליין לאכען זיך אויס פונעם "סאחדעס" בית דין, אבער די טעלזער גלייבען נאך....