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The One Thing a Gadol Never Asks For

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Shui Haber
Jul 28, 2025
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Just saw this story and thought I’d share:

One Simchas Torah, a young yeshivah bachur asked Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach for a brachah.

With his usual warmth, Rav Shlomo Zalman blessed him: “You should find a good shidduch, have parnassah, and merit time to learn Torah.”

But the bachur hesitated. “Thank you,” he said, “but that’s not the brachah I was lookin…

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