When Moshiach Comes, We Will Pasken Halocha Like the Ohr HaChaim
Once, the Chassid Rav Nachum Taub Shochet of Teverya visited the Frankfurter Rav and complained how much it bothered him that regarding the laws of shechita, the rulings in Halocha do not follow the opinions of the Ohr HaChaim HaKodosh in his sefer Pri To’ar on Yoreh De’a. The Frankfurter Rav stood up and declared, “It is possible that this is similar to the controversy in Halocha between the rulings of Bais Hillel and Bais Shammai, and that when Moshiach comes we will in fact pasken Halocha according to the opinion in the Pri To’ar!” (Di Berocha In Shtib, Year 5 Vol. 9, #22)
The Great Zechus of the Ohr HaChaim’s Sefer That he Printed Himself
Once, someone gave the Satmar Rav, Rav Yoel Teitelbaum, a rare gift: a copy of the first printing of the Ohr HaChaim HaKodosh. When he was presented with this special gift he rose from his seat and grasped the volume, holding it close to his heart in deep dveikus and rapture. He stood in this manner for about half an hour, and then declared just how great was the zechus (merit) to be able just to hold a sefer which the Ohr HaChaim HaKodosh had himself been personally involved in printing and distributing. (Ner HaMaaravi, p. 584)
