The Third Candle of Chanukah
A story ofRav Boruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowitzהרב ברוך יהושע ירחמיאל בן נתן דוד רבינוביץProfile ›
On the last Thursday of his life the Rebbe lit the third Chanukah candle. He then sat down to write his chiddushim in Torah.
While writing an essay on the posuk "Veshavta ad Hashem Elokecha," he passed away. He was laid to rest the next day in the Segula Cemetery in Petach Tikva, beside his father.
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