“We have to ‘fly low’ in order to avoid the yetzer hara’s radar”
The above photo depicts Rav Shlomo Wolbe z”l, the legendary mashgiach of Be’er Yaakov, grating maror in the Monsey home of his son, Reb Avi shlita. It’s a picture that tells a story of greatness, humility, and deep, impassioned love for the mitzvos of Pesach. In fact, in a poignant postscript, Rav Wolbe’s yahrtzeit is the 17th of Nissan, the third day of Pesach. And while Pesach is the celebration of our leaving Mitzrayim, one of the many episodes in Rav Wolbe’s storied life involves going to Mitzrayim.
His grandson Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe, whose podcasts have brought thousands closer to Yiddishkeit, shares how kiruv was a foremost ambition of his grandfather’s.
“Saba believed it was feasible to bring multitudes of our brethren back to Torah and that we must do whatever we can to help facilitate that. In the aftermath of the undeniable miracles experienced in the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War, he felt that secular Israeli society was receptive to messages of emunah.”
Never one to neglect an opportunity, the great Mashgiach left his home and traveled across the Suez Canal to share a message of encouragement with the troops stationed there. But for Rav Wolbe, the trip didn’t present a break from his lifetime pursuit of mussar.
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