Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 16, Parshas Beshalach
- Sefas Tamim
- Apr 6
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February 8, 2025; 10 Shevat, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
Emes can sometimes be defined as personal integrity - maintaining deeply held values, even if it comes at great personal cost. When Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky ZT”L was serving as the rabbi of a small town in Lithuania before World War II, his salary was paid from the tax that the town levied on Kosher meat. During this period, he noticed that some poor families were buying meat that was not kosher because it was cheaper, even though they really wanted to keep kosher.
Instead of ignoring the situation or simply condemning the purchase of the non-kosher meat, Rabbi Kamenetsky took a voluntary pay cut...