Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is ill with the flu. He has been relegated to bed at home in the Shikmim Farm in the Negev since last night, and has canceled all events and meetings for today. Communications Minister Ruby Rivlin stood in for Sharon at a memorial ceremony for the late Rabbi Aryeh Levine [about whom the book \"A Tzaddik in Our Time\" was written] at Yeshurun Synagogue in Jerusalem last night, on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of Rabbi Levine\'s death. Rivlin addressed the audience and said:
\"Here I am, poor in deeds, awestruck from the greatness of this stand, in which I, as a member of the Israeli government, come to speak about the great man Rabbi Aryeh, whom I knew as a boy of Jerusalem, descendants of [several generations of] Jerusalemites. I would sit in this very synagogue, in the third row with my father, and when the righteous Rabbi would enter, after having visited [British-held] prisoners in the Russian Compound, before the establishment of the State, the beginning of the sprouting of our Redemption... this entire synagogue, comprised of the best families of Jerusalem and Rechavia, the \"pretty\" people, those who stood at the helm of the State - when this righteous man would come in, a silence would fall over the crowd, and then whispering would begin: \'Here he comes, that wonderful man, the exalted one\' - exalted above our understanding, and only later would we understand what a great day it was on which we were privileged to see him...\"
Rivlin then read aloud a letter from Prime Minister Sharon in memory of Rabbi Levine: \"A righteous man, a legend in his own time, in every detail of his life as a man, a Jew, a tzaddik [righteous man]. A man who transmitted love to every Jew, who with his simple smile and a good word, which he always had, had the power to revive a downtrodden soul. Downtrodden souls were Rebbe Aryeh\'s specialty. The prisoners of the underground, sentenced to death, who had lost all hope - became free for a short time whenever Reb Aryeh would come and visit, some even on their sickbeds, like the heroes Feinstein and Barazani who, because of Reb Aryeh, ascended in a storm to the heavens with scorn for the British hangman. The poor, widows, orphans, people who were all alone - these were the ones whom he looked for, and who, with a special sense, he was always able to detect...\"
Rivlin, Sharon In Tribute To Rabbi Aryeh Levine
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is ill with the flu. He has been relegated to bed at home in the Shikmim Farm in the Negev since last night, and has canceled all events and meetings for today. Communications Minister Ruby Rivlin stood in for Sharon at a memorial ceremony for the late Rabbi Aryeh Levine [about whom the book \"A Tzaddik in Our Time\" was written] at Yeshurun Synagogue in Jerusalem last night, on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of Rabbi Levine\'s death. Rivlin addressed the audience and said:
\"Here I am, poor in deeds, awestruck from the greatness of this stand, in which I, as a member of the Israeli government, come to speak about the great man Rabbi Aryeh, whom I knew as a boy of Jerusalem, descendants of [several generations of] Jerusalemites. I would sit in this very synagogue, in the third row with my father, and when the righteous Rabbi would enter, after having visited [British-held] prisoners in the Russian Compound, before the establishment of the State, the beginning of the sprouting of our Redemption... this entire synagogue, comprised of the best families of Jerusalem and Rechavia, the \"pretty\" people, those who stood at the helm of the State - when this righteous man would come in, a silence would fall over the crowd, and then whispering would begin: \'Here he comes, that wonderful man, the exalted one\' - exalted above our understanding, and only later would we understand what a great day it was on which we were privileged to see him...\"
Rivlin then read aloud a letter from Prime Minister Sharon in memory of Rabbi Levine: \"A righteous man, a legend in his own time, in every detail of his life as a man, a Jew, a tzaddik [righteous man]. A man who transmitted love to every Jew, who with his simple smile and a good word, which he always had, had the power to revive a downtrodden soul. Downtrodden souls were Rebbe Aryeh\'s specialty. The prisoners of the underground, sentenced to death, who had lost all hope - became free for a short time whenever Reb Aryeh would come and visit, some even on their sickbeds, like the heroes Feinstein and Barazani who, because of Reb Aryeh, ascended in a storm to the heavens with scorn for the British hangman. The poor, widows, orphans, people who were all alone - these were the ones whom he looked for, and who, with a special sense, he was always able to detect...\"
\"Here I am, poor in deeds, awestruck from the greatness of this stand, in which I, as a member of the Israeli government, come to speak about the great man Rabbi Aryeh, whom I knew as a boy of Jerusalem, descendants of [several generations of] Jerusalemites. I would sit in this very synagogue, in the third row with my father, and when the righteous Rabbi would enter, after having visited [British-held] prisoners in the Russian Compound, before the establishment of the State, the beginning of the sprouting of our Redemption... this entire synagogue, comprised of the best families of Jerusalem and Rechavia, the \"pretty\" people, those who stood at the helm of the State - when this righteous man would come in, a silence would fall over the crowd, and then whispering would begin: \'Here he comes, that wonderful man, the exalted one\' - exalted above our understanding, and only later would we understand what a great day it was on which we were privileged to see him...\"
Rivlin then read aloud a letter from Prime Minister Sharon in memory of Rabbi Levine: \"A righteous man, a legend in his own time, in every detail of his life as a man, a Jew, a tzaddik [righteous man]. A man who transmitted love to every Jew, who with his simple smile and a good word, which he always had, had the power to revive a downtrodden soul. Downtrodden souls were Rebbe Aryeh\'s specialty. The prisoners of the underground, sentenced to death, who had lost all hope - became free for a short time whenever Reb Aryeh would come and visit, some even on their sickbeds, like the heroes Feinstein and Barazani who, because of Reb Aryeh, ascended in a storm to the heavens with scorn for the British hangman. The poor, widows, orphans, people who were all alone - these were the ones whom he looked for, and who, with a special sense, he was always able to detect...\"
Rivlin, Sharon In Tribute To Rabbi Aryeh Levine
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is ill with the flu. He has been relegated to bed at home in the Shikmim Farm in the Negev since last night, and has canceled all events and meetings for today. Communications Minister Ruby Rivlin stood in for Sharon at a memorial ceremony for the late Rabbi Aryeh Levine [about whom the book \"A Tzaddik in Our Time\" was written] at Yeshurun Synagogue in Jerusalem last night, on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of Rabbi Levine\'s death. Rivlin addressed the audience and said:
\"Here I am, poor in deeds, awestruck from the greatness of this stand, in which I, as a member of the Israeli government, come to speak about the great man Rabbi Aryeh, whom I knew as a boy of Jerusalem, descendants of [several generations of] Jerusalemites. I would sit in this very synagogue, in the third row with my father, and when the righteous Rabbi would enter, after having visited [British-held] prisoners in the Russian Compound, before the establishment of the State, the beginning of the sprouting of our Redemption... this entire synagogue, comprised of the best families of Jerusalem and Rechavia, the \"pretty\" people, those who stood at the helm of the State - when this righteous man would come in, a silence would fall over the crowd, and then whispering would begin: \'Here he comes, that wonderful man, the exalted one\' - exalted above our understanding, and only later would we understand what a great day it was on which we were privileged to see him...\"
Rivlin then read aloud a letter from Prime Minister Sharon in memory of Rabbi Levine: \"A righteous man, a legend in his own time, in every detail of his life as a man, a Jew, a tzaddik [righteous man]. A man who transmitted love to every Jew, who with his simple smile and a good word, which he always had, had the power to revive a downtrodden soul. Downtrodden souls were Rebbe Aryeh\'s specialty. The prisoners of the underground, sentenced to death, who had lost all hope - became free for a short time whenever Reb Aryeh would come and visit, some even on their sickbeds, like the heroes Feinstein and Barazani who, because of Reb Aryeh, ascended in a storm to the heavens with scorn for the British hangman. The poor, widows, orphans, people who were all alone - these were the ones whom he looked for, and who, with a special sense, he was always able to detect...\"