Rav Pam’s Rebuke

Rav Avraham Pam related a humorous story about his father, Rav Meir Pam, who served as a Rabbi in Brownsville. Once, Rav Meir found it necessary to harshly rebuke the congregation, and delivered a speech critical of their conduct. Afterward, one of the members approached him and said, “Wow, Rabbi, you really gave it to them!”

“I had to bite my lip not to laugh or say anything,” Rav Meir later told his son. “He was exactly the person I was talking about!”

Reprinted from the Parashat Tzav 5784 email of Jack E. Rahmey based on the Torah teachings of Rabbi Amram Sananes.