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Tithe for the minyan

  • Writer: צבי הורביץ
    צבי הורביץ
  • May 31, 2023
  • 2 min read

I will inform you, what was done in Hebron is a miracle on Yom Kippur: all the residents of Hebron are followers of Alion.

And it came to pass on the evening of 1877, there were only nine people in Hebron, and they were waiting for the villagers to come. And none of them came, because they had all gone to Jerusalem 1877, and there were nine people in great sorrow who would pray on Yom Kippur "individually" and wept a lot. And the sun had already set and the day was going down.


They raised their eyes and behold an old man came to meet them, and they rejoiced over him with great joy, and when he came to them they let him eat the breaking meal. And blessed them and said that he had already eaten on the way. Well, pray in the minyan on the holy day and respect the man with great respect.


At the end of Yohak, the cantor started arguing with each other, because each wanted to bring the guest to his home. We compromised by fate and the fate fell on the cantor, who was a devout man and told wonderful things in dreams and night visions. And the cantor went to his house and the guest followed him. And when he arrived near his house, the cantor turned his back to honor the guest He went first to his house, and saw that he was gone. And they looked for him and did not find him in all their courtyard. And they were all in great sorrow, because they thought that he had gone his way at night, because he did not want to enjoy them. And that night the old man came in a dream to the cantor and told him that he was Abraham, our father, He came to them to complete the number, because he saw them in great sorrow, because they would pray individually and rejoice with great joy and bless G-d.


(The Hebron book 'Emek Hamelech' to Rabbi Naftali, Rabbi Ya'akov Katz)

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