A Woman of Valor
ליקוטי שמואל | October 04, 2025
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A Woman of Valor

ליקוטי שמואל | December 10, 2025

The Tzadik Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Lapian zt"l related that during the "First World War" his family suffered from great poverty that prevailed in their country, and the people of his city were forced to call on their sons to leave the holy yeshivot and work for their livelihood. However, the Gaon's mother insisted that her nine children continue to engage in Torah study and that God would have mercy on them and send them their livelihood.

And then one day the neighbor came and asked the Rebbetzin: Why are you in so much agony? Send your children to work and you will make a decent living! The Rebbetzin replied: "In this world, I don't need anything from my children, and I don't want them to help me." However, there will come a time when I will be "in the world of truth" and there I will need their help, so I want them to stay in the yeshiva so that they can help me study their Torah when I am in the world of truth. Therefore, it is said about her: "Many daughters have done well, and you have risen above all of them!"

The Tzadik Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Lapian zt"l related that during the "First World War" his family suffered from great poverty that prevailed in their country, and the people of his city were forced to call on their sons to leave the holy yeshivot and work for their livelihood. However, the Gaon's mother insisted that her nine children continue to engage in Torah study and that God would have mercy on them and send them their livelihood.

And then one day the neighbor came and asked the Rebbetzin: Why are you in so much agony? Send your children to work and you will make a decent living! The Rebbetzin replied: "In this world, I don't need anything from my children, and I don't want them to help me." However, there will come a time when I will be "in the world of truth" and there I will need their help, so I want them to stay in the yeshiva so that they can help me study their Torah when I am in the world of truth. Therefore, it is said about her: "Many daughters have done well, and you have risen above all of them!"

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