Shemiras Halashon
Once Upon a Chossid | September 05, 2025
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Shemiras Halashon

Once Upon a Chossid | December 10, 2025

Harav Shlomo Gestetner, a dayan on the Eida Hachareidis, Rav of the Givat Moshe neighborhood in Yerushalayim, and the son of Harav Nosson Gestetner, told Reb Yitzchak Beirach:

I came to your father a number of times, on behalf of my father to ask him for help with causes my father was involved in. As we spoke, I also used to ask him advice whether I could reach out to certain people, and I mentioned them by name.

In his unique way, with allusions and hints, your father was able to convey to me the message not to reach out to one of those people — but without saying a negative word about him. This repeated itself a number of times. Time and again, I marveled anew at how cleverly he was able to get me to understand his message without saying anything offensive about other people.

Harav Shlomo Gestetner, a dayan on the Eida Hachareidis, Rav of the Givat Moshe neighborhood in Yerushalayim, and the son of Harav Nosson Gestetner, told Reb Yitzchak Beirach:

I came to your father a number of times, on behalf of my father to ask him for help with causes my father was involved in. As we spoke, I also used to ask him advice whether I could reach out to certain people, and I mentioned them by name.

In his unique way, with allusions and hints, your father was able to convey to me the message not to reach out to one of those people — but without saying a negative word about him. This repeated itself a number of times. Time and again, I marveled anew at how cleverly he was able to get me to understand his message without saying anything offensive about other people.

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