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CHASSIDISHE STORY ON THE PARSHA
פרשת ויגש
Parshas Vayigash
ואת יהודה שלח לפניו אל יוסף להורת לפניו גשנה (ויגש מו:כח)
And Yehuda he sent ahead of him to Yosef, to prepare for him - to Goshen.
Rashi explains that Yehuda was tasked with preparing a house of learning so that as soon as Yaakov and his family arrived, they would have a place to educate the next generation.
Here is a story related to the above Passuk:
Reb Meir Rottenstreich related a story about his late father-in-law, Reb Moshe Chaim Rosen z”l, who was originally from Belz. For many years, Reb Moshe Chaim and his wife did not merit to be blessed with a child, so they went to Maran Reb Aharon of Belz zt”l to ask the Tzaddik to pray on their behalf since the years passed and he was not getting younger.
Hearing his request, Maran stood for a while as if in a trance. He then turned to Reb Moshe Chaim and said: “The Talmud Torah (Cheider) in our town is in need of desperate help; if you become actively involved in alleviating the dire condition of this august educational institution, the merit will stand by you to be blessed. The Rebbe then added: I have two conditions though: the first one is that you should not tell anyone when the yeshuah – salvation has arrived, and secondly, come to me when you are about to name the child”.
Reb Moshe Chaim threw himself into his mission and tried to help in all aspects of the Talmud Torah – devoting himself wholeheartedly. A short while later, he came to share the news with Maran Reb Aharon that he had a baby girl. Maran opened a Sefer Melachim – Kings and told the new father: “The mother of Shlomo Hamelech was called Bas Sheva. You should call her Bas Sheva. The Rebbe then added do not call her by any nickname (such as “Shevy”), you should call her Bas Sheva”.
This daughter remained an only daughter and later married Reb Meir Rottenstreich. Reb Moshe Chaim also had an only son, Reb Avigdor Rosen of Monsey N.Y., who still had the merit of having Maran Reb Aharon serve as his Sandak in Belz before WWII.
Later that day in the evening, when it was well past midnight, the administration finally permitted the sukkah to be erected in the schoolyard on condition that it be dismantled immediately after Yom Tov. Maran was delighted by the news and, despite the late hour, summoned his gabbai Reb Shmiel and said, “I told you טובתם שלימה – there will be a good outcome!”

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