Living Higher: Simchah in the House of Brisk
Talmidim looked on in joy — and disbelief — as the Rosh Yeshivah walked toward the chuppah to recite the brachos
The simchah in the House of Brisk was great. The marriage of the granddaughter of Rav Dovid Soloveitchik — daughter of his son Rav Velvel — was also a celebration of the revered Rosh Yeshivah’s recuperation after illness. Talmidim looked on in joy — and disbelief — as the Rosh Yeshivah, who’d been weak and hospitalized for so long, walked toward the chuppah to recite the brachos.
One of the talmidim opened a siddur to the correct place, holding it open before the Rosh Yeshivah. Rav Dovid thanked the talmid, but explained with a smile, “The brachos are a mefuresheh Rambam, explicit in the words of the Rambam…. I hope I’m well enough that I don’t need help to remember a Rambam!”
(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 824)
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