Nochum Reichmann, a ben bayis for years in the Kanievsky home, shares memories of treasured times
Rebbetzin Kanievsky called him an einekel, and while Nochum Reichmann may not have actually been a blood relative, he ate hundreds of seudos at the small home on Rashbam Street and spent countless hours in the company of the Rav and Rebbetzin.
He was there when the open door was closed, he was there during the quiet times and the busier ones, with the constant flow of people, and with the knowledge that he was observing greatness, Nochum Reichmann imbibed it all.
Ahavas haTorah and kavod for those who plumb its depths was the foundation of the home Nochum grew up in. It was an example set forth by his parents and grandparents, and today Nochum Reichmann and his wife, Ayala, are passing these values down to their own children, who include a Batsheva and a Chaim. In fact the couple, who live in Monsey today, even married in Eretz Yisrael so that Rav Chaim and the Rebbetzin could be there. It was the last chasunah that the Rebbetzin attended before her petirah, two months later.
Rebbetzin Batsheva had worked for Nochum Halpern a”h, Nochum Reichmann’s great-grandfather, for about a year and a half after she married, until their eldest daughter was born. Always good with numbers, she did the accounting for Rabbi Halpern’s business. In their younger years, when Rav Chaim and the Rebbetzin went for walks down Rechov Chazon Ish, Rav Chaim used to tell the Rebbetzin calculations from Perek Hazahav and Perek Eizehu Neshech, the fourth and fifth chapters in Bava Metzia, which are known to be two of the most complex in Shas.
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