Story

The מנחת חינוך זצ״ל, who was the brother-in-law of the דברי חיים of Sanz zt”l, had wriƩen a Sefer containing his Chiddushim on the enƟre Shas. Unfortunately, a fire broke out in his home, and the enƟre manuscript was destroyed. The loss caused him such great anguish that he became seriously ill and took to his bed.

His brother-in-law, the דברי חיים of Sanz zt”l, came to visit him and asked whether he had any other Chiddushim that had survived. The מנחת חינוך showed him the Sefer he had wriƩen on the תרי״ג מצוות, which later became famous as the מנחת חינוך. However, he had never intended to publish it. The דברי חיים strongly encouraged him to print the Sefer, and instructed him to do so. In this way, we were זוכה to the publicaƟon of the מנחת חינוך, one of the great Sefarim we have today.

Whishing you a good Shabbos - Rabbi Ari Spiegel