מָרָן הַגָהַ"צַַ רַבִּיַדָוִּד בַ"ר יִּשְׂ רָאֵל בְׂלַיאכֶר זצוקַ"ל
R’ Dovid Bleicher Zatzal
נִּסְׂפֶהַעִּםַאִּשְׂ תּוַֹוּבָנָיו בְׂמֵיידַנֶק בִּשְׂ נַת תש"ד
יוֹםַזִּכְׂרוֹנָםַנִּקְׂ בַע בְׂכ"הַאִּיָירַ
ה' יִּקוֹםַדָמָםַַ
This upcoming Sunday (25 Iyar) is the Yahrtzeit of R’ Dovid Bleicher Zatzal, who was a Talmid of the Alter of Novardok, and Rosh Yeshiva of Bais Yosef in Poland before the Second World War. R’ Gershon Liebman Zatzal once told me that R’ Dovid Bleicher Zatzal was perhaps the most Novardok of the Novardokers. When you saw him, you were looking at the Alter himself.
R’ Dovid Bleicher had spent two years in Slabodka Yeshiva. He was a favorite of the Alter of Slabodka, and the Alter matched him up with a #1 Slabodka Talmid, R’ Avrohom Grodzensky Zatzal, who was ten years older than him. Although R’ Dovid left Slabodka and became a Novardoker, he never forgot his close friend R’ Avrohom Grodzensky, and the lessons he taught him in Avodas Hashem remained with him for the rest of his life.
R’ Dovid Bleicher had a heart of gold. When he came to Novardok, he became the #1 of the Alter, and he picked up the Novardok Shita very quickly. Whenever his parents sent him money, he always gave it away to the needy Bachurim of his Yeshiva. I’ve heard many, many stories of Novardokers doing such things; i.e., to be Mafkir your personal world for the Rabim.
R Dovid Bleicher with his son
