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The following is a letter written by Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin last night following the devastating news on Friday that a federal appeals court denied his request for new trial. Please continue davening for Sholom Mordechai Halevi Ben Rivka.

Sholom Mordechai Responds to Friday’s Court Ruling

The following is a letter written by Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin last night following the devastating news on Friday that a federal appeals court denied his request for new trial. Please continue davening for Sholom Mordechai Halevi Ben Rivka.

A GUTE VOCH MIT BROCHO, HATZLOCHO, YESHUOIS, REFUOIS, NACHAS, UN CHEIN; UN NISSIM!
FREILACH, LOMIR DEM SHABBOS BAGLAYTEN, UNGRAYTEN A SEUDAH GOR SHEIN;
YETZ KUMT DER VOCH,
A NAYER VOCH,
MEN DARF HUBEN KOIACH BAYKUMEN ALTZ VOS OIF GETLICHKEIT FARSHTELT!
AL TIROH AVDI YAAKOIV!
MIR ALEH HUBEN A SHEVUA TOIV, TOIV, TOIV………

Dear Family Sheyichyu,
GAM ZU LETOIVO, GAM ZU LETOIVO,
WHEN WE SEE FROM HASHEM WHAT IS DOING FOR US WE KNOW THAT GAM ZU LETOIVO,
BARUCH HASHEM, THANK YOU HASHEM
BARUCH HATOIV VEHAMATIV

Picture Nochum Ish Gam Zu when he realized that the box with the precious contents were full of simple dirt, He said GAM ZU LETOIVO which means “Also this is for GOOD!”

He says that because he knows that HASHEM IS GOOD AND ALL THAT COMES FROM HASHEM IS GOOD. Seeing the replacement to the contents in the box he was carrying for Klal Yisroel, he did not let the worldly measurement of value to interfere with the ETERNAL TRUTH of the TORAH as he received it from Moishe Rabbeinu at Har Sinai.

He was not going to let himself be deluded by the value that people put on things, he knew one thing, STEADFAST, and IRONCLAD and that is: That HASHEM IS GOOD AND WHAT HASHEM DOES IS GOOD!

So when he saw a change to what he had planned, he knew that the change is for THE GOOD – and that is exactly what happened, the dirt gave the Emperor more pleasure than his precious box of jewels would have been able to do.

When he said “GAM ZU LETOIVO”; ELIYOHU HANOVI appeared and explained to the king that the dirt was from Avrohom Avinu and had wondrous qualities, and when it was seen to be true then the king gave NOCHUM ISH GAM ZU back all the money so that he could bring the Yidden the Jewels that they sent, and all that NOCHUM ISH GAM ZU asked for he received.

It is also important to remember that the story in the Gemara does no stop here; it continues to tell us that the wicked people that took away the Jewels were punished by their own scheme when they tried to bring the Emperor the dirt that they put into the box!

As it is important to know that HASHEM saves the Yidden, it‟s also important to know that the wicked collaborators will be buried in the dirt that they dug as it says in Tehillim “BOIR KORO VAYACHEPEREIHU”.

The Shaar Habitochon says clearly that there is also the Bitachoin that the wicked will be punished for their wickedness.

Also it‟s important to know that all YIDDEN at all times have said “GAM ZU LETOIVO!”

We know that Reb Akiva, who was a talmid of NACHUM ISH GAM ZU, said “KOL MA DEOVID RACHMONO LETAV OVID.” There is a difference between the two sayings; yet the YIDDEN in subsequent generations say “GAM ZU LETOIVO,” which teaches us that the way for us to do is “GAM ZU LETOIVO,” which means that we SEE the GOOD that is in everything that is happening, even when it looks like dirt – we are looking at good and at a Miracle waiting to happen!

We are going to make the Miracle happen and reveal itself when we say and know GAM ZU LETOIVO, and WE DO NOT CHANGE IN OUR AVOIDAS HASHEM. We show that we know that HASHEM is doing this and that its GOOD and this will bring out the good.

(Behashgocho Protis, the last few weeks since RE’EH we have been discussing this in the Shaabbos Dvar Toirah, so please go back and read them.)

IT‟S MALAVE MALKA TIME, AND ELIYAHU HANOVI WILL BE COMING TO MY MELAVA MALKA TONIGHT AND TO YOURS.

Here is a story,

When the Alexander Rebbe was older and his health was not good, the doctors recommended that his son take him to the country where the fresh air would help the Rebbe his father.

They were there alone and one night the Alexander Rebbe was in great pain, and he thought he was going to pass away and was crying from pain and the thought of passing away in such a place away from his family. His son said to him “TATE, I SWEAR THAT YOU WILL BETTER! DON’T CRY.” Then the son went out, raised his eyes to Heaven and said “OIBESHTER, is this Kovoid Hatoirah, there are no doctors here and if Chas Vesholom he passes away then who will look after this holy man?” The night passed and the Alexander Rebbe felt better and the pain went away.

In the morning, the Rebbe asked his son, “Tell me, for sure you had Bitachoin that I would become better. But where did you get the Koiach to swear? How were you SO SURE that I will become healed?”

The son answered that he has a kabolo from the HEILIGE RUZINER, when Dovid Hamelech in kapital YUD GIMMEL (yud gimmel middois Horachamim) says AD ONO AD ONO the whole world explains this as a series of three questions. BUT the pshat is the first two is the questions of “How long will there be a hester ponim?‟ and the third AD ONO is the answer. The third AD ONO means AS LONG AS there are still EITZOIS BENAFSHI as long as there are by the person an “idea” how he can help himself then Chas Vesholom there could be a hester ponim and its no good, BUT WHEN THERE ARE NO MORE EITZOIS BY THE PERSON THEN THERE IS NO MORE A HESTER PONIM, AND HASHEM‟S RACHAMIM RABIM SHINES FORTH.

Says the son to his father, “When I saw that there was no idea of how to help, no doctor here, I knew for sure enough to swear that there will be no HESTER PONIM and you will be well!”

So Kinderlach, here is the lesson of the story:

What really worried me all this time was that there were those that thought they had an idea of what to do to help, there was too much put in to thinking that the children of Eisov will have even a resemblance of mishpat to the child from YAAKOV, so there was the thought that a yeshua could come from there. NOW BARUCH HASHEM WE SEE THAT WE MUST LOOK FOR THE YESHUA FROM HASHEM AND HE WILL FIND THE RIGHT KELI AND SIBAH HOW TO BRING IT DOWN IN THIS PHYSICAL WORLD.

We see as long as there were ideas of what to do, there could still be a hester rachmono litzlan, BUT NOW WE SEE THAT THERE ARE NO IDEAS. SO JUST AS THE SON WAS ABLE TO SWEAR BECAUSE HE HAD TOTAL EMUNAS CHACHOMIM IN THE TORAH THEY TEACH, I SWEAR THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE HESTER PONIM AND HASHEM WILL FREE ME FROM PRISON RIGHT AWAY EVEN BEFORE THIS ROISH HASHONO TOF SHIN AYIN BAYS WHICH IS IN 11 DAYS.

PLEASE BE READY FOR ME TO BE HOME FOR ROISH HASHNO GEZUNTERHAYT UN FREILICHERHEIT :)

We have to remember AL TIVTICHU BENDIVIM that there is NO yeshua from them.

WE HAVE TO HAVE TOTAL BITACHOIN IN HASHEM by ADDING IN OUR LEARNING AND DAVENING AND MITZVOIS BEHIDUR AND ALL WITH GREAT SIMCHA OF DOING THE MITZVOS OF HASHEM, THE MELECH IS BASODEH AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE HIM AND TELL HIM WHAT WE NEED.

BY THE MELECH WE WILL TRUE MISHPAT, TRUE RACHAMIM BAMISHPOT.
A GUTEH VOCH
BESUROIS TOIVOIS
KESIVA VECHASIMA TOIVO LESHANA TOIVO UMESUKO
Tatty

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34 Comments

  • truly humbled

    How this man withstands all these terrible nisyonim is beyond me. He is a remarkable person.

  • a simple chosid

    wow!
    such betochon, we can all learn from him
    instead of commenting about this judge and that judge
    lets use this blog to post our Hachlotos toivois we took upon ourselves

    (this is not a poshete maaseh)

    I bli neder take upon myself to
    1. to make sure i do the 3 prokim of rambam every day (which i have been lax in lately, due to work and other such things)
    2. to finish the whole tehilim for the next 11 days
    3. to say at least 1 extra perek tannya for the next 11 days.

    thank you sholom for giving me the koach to overcome my own Yetzer
    may Hashem listen to your emunah and show us miracles, and the biggest miracle of Moshiach now!!!

  • Only a truly amazing person

    Like Sholom Rubashkin is comforting US now, instead of the other way round. May Hashem give him a yeshuah speedily.

  • B H

    “NOW BARUCH HASHEM WE SEE THAT WE MUST LOOK FOR THE YESHUA FROM HASHEM AND HE WILL FIND THE RIGHT KELI AND SIBAH HOW TO BRING IT DOWN IN THIS PHYSICAL WORLD” Amen. Kein Yhei Ratzon!

    your words are an inspiration to all of us. Ksiva v’chasimaa tova

  • a simple chosid

    I read the letter and cried.
    I read the letter and asked what can i do
    I read the letter again and decided that we must do

    1. I will IYH bli neder say the whole tehilim for the next 11 days.
    2. I will IYH bli neder finish the 3 prokim of Rambam every day
    3. I will IYH bli neder say/learn and at least one perek tanyah for the next 11 days.

    Please take note, we can change the world, we must change the world, we will bring Moshiach

    with actions not words.
    tut altz vos ir kent

  • OMG

    Sorry, but I have to disagree with your portrayal of every non-Jew is children of Eisov, sorry you are wrong.

  • a simple chosid

    just finished the whole tehilim

    we must mobilize into action……

    mir kenen… men darf nor velen

  • not important

    there are no words…bli neder I take upon myself to daven every single day, shachaaris, minchah and maariv and not have so many excuses why there is no time…for SM

  • ceo

    ok, he paid his dues, we had achdus from caring about him, the entire thing smirks from anti-semitism. So its iy’h just a short time until the emes comes out. it has to happen. we learn so much from him, he is incredible, it hurts so much to see a yid away from his people. Its time. Geula is needed on all levels.

  • Uncle Mendel

    How can I write to him? Is he accessible via E mail, can he receive mail? Someone, please let me know.

  • Kindabach

    SMR is hallucinating. He broke the law, he got caught. Instead of admitting his deeds, making a plea bargain and getting out in 5 years he played the arrogance card. His attitude is, I am a heilige Yid and secular courts can’t judge me. T’hillim is not the answer. The answer is being honest. (I assume this will be censored.)

  • Chaim

    I take upon myself to say the tehilim through RH for SM.
    He is an inspiration and may he continue to be so, here with us.

  • To #12

    To # 12 BROCHO
    Hashem Yisboreich should be forgiving you and give you BROCHO,
    We should never find reason for G-d forbid somebody else’ s misfortune, especially such Tzaar and Tzoroh.
    We have to beg Hashem to have Rachmonus on him and his family and on OUR part, try with whatever is in our power, to be mechazek him and them.
    Your comment should not be allowed to be brought up even in YOUR mind, how much more so shouldn’t it be allowed to be printed, and on a Yiddishe website!
    may Hashem Yisborach bless us all with Brochos Betoyv Haniro vehaniglo. and may Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkoh have a Yeshuah Ug’uloh Lemaaaloh miderech hatevah. and a good year and shnas geuloh for us all.

  • to 15

    ARE YOU ABSURD? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING AND WHO ARE YOU?? AS A FELLOW JEW IT’S OUR JOB TO GET HIM OUT

  • SEND GELT NOW FOR REB SHOLOM

    Yidden, send ALL yuor money now, in cash, to the lowyers!!!! The lowyers need more money 4 more apeels!!!!

    YIDDEN SEND ALL YOUR MONEY NOW FOR REB SHOLOM MORDECAI!!

    IF YOU HOLD ANYTHING BACK IT IS A NEVAIRAH!! CASH IS THE BEST THING, OR JEWLERY, GOLD!!!! SEND IT STREIT to NAT LEWIN OFFICE IN WASHINGTON!!!

    YIDDEN HELPT A FELLO JEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • anonymous

    # 15 HEILIGE YID?!?! (and the rest included) think what your saying this man has so much bitachon just no words…

  • A concerened jew:

    To number 15 & 18: have you no shame? I don’t wish on my worst enemy the gross misjustice that was put on this man.
    It most definetly not surprise me if you weren’t Jewish. Because even if he was guilty (which he isn’t) a Jew always has and shows compasion.

  • im disgusted

    im responding back to number 18 a comment like that is uncalled for im disgusted by it may he be released and be reunited with his entire famiy like we teach are children if you have nothing nice to say please keep quiet

  • CONCERENED JEW:

    We could learn so much from this man. He is realy a beacon of light to all of us in this darkness.

  • to # 15/18

    i am disgusted reading your comments. here a jew is suffering and this is ur reaction? shame on u

  • Wondering

    T0 #24- A Jew always has compassion? I do not have the experience of seeing such compassion from every Jew. I have seen it from SOME Jews, of course. But I do wonder about the arrogance claim. I can have compassion and still wonder about that.

  • yid

    SOmething fishy about many comments here. COuld it be that this sites reading population concists of Jews for Jesus?

    lots of you seem knowlegeble about yiddishkeit yet find “kosher” ways to plant seeds into incocent readers (do kapores on money since its tzar balei chayim).

    Nice try. YOu may convince the stupid readers here, but you all of your academic knowlege of judiasm doesn’t come close to what we are tought from an early age in our Heilige moisdois.
    For Starters: we are tought about God. like, God runs the world, not PETA and not JforJ and not any other of you apikursim out there reading this.

    Second, by saying things in the name of “haShem” doesn’t justify your claims. ex. “haShem doesn’t want you to do kapores” Just because our Torah is the ultimate good it doesnen’t mean that YOUR perverted understanding of what is good and what is bad will decide how to kapores and how to make the world a better place. Rather, the TORAH will decide how to do kapores, and the TORAH will decide how to do shchitah, and the TORAH will decide how I should conduct my life. Not you. Not PETA. Not J for J. Not #9,12,15,18. Not no Leberal Self hating Jews who which they were never born to the chosen nation and who suck up to their goyishe influences. It is your type that remained behind in mitzrayim when god took his poeple out.

    By the way, #9, yes all gentiles are children of Eisav. If that includes you, tough on you. If you think goyim are tzadikim, I don’t think so since when I was looking for work no goy was able to help me out. Rather, Sholom Mordichai’s brother set me up with a Job so I could feed my kids. So sorry, I don’t sympathize with your palestinan children of Eisav, nor you American “freinds”

    GO try spreading your apikursus and risheus somewhere else.

  • to crownheights.info

    how do you post comments #15 and #18 just for another few hits on your site? if anything it only wants to make me stop reading it! i’m sorry but you should be ashamed allowing such Rishus up on your site (bemaila a non-jewish site i would hate it but its not in our hands, this is in yours take down/don’t put up such comments!!!)

  • See sicha

    He is saying exactly the sicha about Yosef hatzadik in prison in mitzrayim who relied on the Sar Hamashkin to help him. Vayishkecheihu – the sar hamashkin forgot yosef and only hashem would get yosef out. see likutei sichos 26 page 99

  • a poshute chassid

    the sutuation of reb. sholom mordechai sheyichye- parallels somewhat the situation of klall yisroel. he is in prison and we are in galus, and we have to apply his emunah to our situation. his appeael has so far been turned down and yet his bitochon is strong- that Hashem will help, and our apppeals “ad mosai” & “we want moshiach now” have also so far been turned down. we have to learn from reb. sholom mordechai sheyichye and strengthen our emunah, and in that zcus, hopefull he will be released from his “galus haproti-particular golus” and we will all be freed from the “galus hakloli” “lo nigalu avoseinu m’mitzraim ela b’zchus emuna” (yalkut shimoni #240)