The
Frierdige Rebbe once repeated a story that was told to him by R’ Chaim Brisker,
about his father, the Beis Halevi: The Beis Halevi had a shiur every day with 2
great talmidei chachomim (one of them was known as R’ Eizik klotz, because he
spent so many continuous hours each day sitting on a klotz – a block of wood –
and studying relentlessly, that he left an image on the klotz).
One
day a group of askonim came to meet with the Beis Halevi about a very urgent
matter, affecting the entire community. The Bais Halevi, however, who was in
the middle of his shiur at the time, first completed the shiur, which took some
time, and only then attended to the communal matters.
One
of the askonim was upset at this practice, and questioned the Beis Halevi, saying
that the shiur could wait, while the matter about which they had come was of
utmost importance. The Bais Halevi, however, disagreed, and attached more
importance to the learning of these two great scholars, explaining that if
Eizik would shorten the time of his learning by even one hour, that would set
in motion a chain reaction, that would ultimately result in the Jew in Paris
committing shmad r”l.
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