September 28, 2024; 25 Elul, 5784 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
The height of the golden era of the healing baths of Marienbad was in the late 1800’s and lasted until the Second World War. Many famous people used to visit this resort town including King Edward VII of England, Emperor Franz Josef I of the Astro-Hungarian empire, Alfred Nobel, Rudyard Kipling, and LeHavdil, the great Mashgiach of the Mir Yeshiva, Rav Yeruchem Levovitz ZT”L among other Gedolim.
Rav Yeruchem, who in all probability suffered from an undiagnosed brain tumor, used to visit Marienbad during the offseason to provide relief from his intense pain and headaches...