{"id":11645,"date":"2021-11-25T18:11:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T16:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youraliyahadvisor.com\/?p=11645"},"modified":"2021-11-25T18:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T16:14:04","slug":"seeing-bibi-at-the-kay-family-shiva-house-introducing-the-shemitah-hotline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youraliyahadvisor.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/25\/seeing-bibi-at-the-kay-family-shiva-house-introducing-the-shemitah-hotline\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Bibi At The Kay Family Shiva House \u2013 Introducing The \u201cShemitah Hotline\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Arriving The Same Time As Bibi And His Security Guards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My wife and I were determined to visit the Shiva house where Eliyahu David Kay lived with his family. On Tuesday night, we arrived together with a South African couple who knew the Kay Family very well because the wife taught all the Kay children when they attended the Chabad School named The Torah Academy in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We made it to the top of the stairs outside the first floor apartment and just as we were about to enter, we were suddenly announcement was made that an important person was about to arrive and we must stay where we are. Within a minute I looked up and found myself staring into Bibi\u2019s face as he was going up the stairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always wanted to personally thank Bibi for making the bold decision to ban those two US Squad members from entering Israel because their trip was being sponsored by Hamas supporter Miftah. But it was not appropriate to do so at the time. One of those Squad members represent my hometown in Congress and stood up after she was first elected to denounce Israel as an Apartheid State. If that were true, Eliyahu David Kay would most probably still be alive today because Israel would have banned his killer from entering our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After waiting for nearly an hour Bibi left and we were free to go in and give our condolences to the family.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Eli\u2019s funeral, Chabad.org quoted Eli\u2019s brother as follows-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Kay\u2019s brothers, Kasriel Kay, told the gathering that he would not eulogize his brother, as fitting <\/em>their Chabad-Lubavitch tradition<\/a><\/em>. Instead, he urged the crowd of mourners to change their lives for the better in his brother\u2019s memory.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no reason to be sad for him. \u2026 He will be at peace,\u201d said Kasriel Kay. \u201cEli would have [chosen] no other way [to die], either this or in the middle of the war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy great-grandfather Eliyahu is waiting for him [in heaven], King David is waiting for him, and they\u2019ll take care of him,\u201d he continued, invoking his brother\u2019s namesakes. \u201cEli would have wanted every single person to give \u2026 to the best of their ability, in whatever way works for them, whatever they can for Israel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Respect Eli Kay For His Bravery In Leaving Home And Giving His Life For Israel In Hashem\u2019s Army<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eli\u2019s brother Kasriel confirmed with the above statement how much Eli loved Israel and the sacrifice Eli was willing to make for his fellow Israelis. In fact, I can remember many times how the Chabad Rebbe would say that we are all members of G-d\u2019s Army. So though Eli did not die fighting in the IDF, he gave his life standing proudly as a Jew on his way to daven as part of Hashem\u2019s Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I Can Reveal The Main Point Of The Blog Which I Delayed Publishing Until Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Monday\u2019s Blog titled \u2013 In Memoriam \u2013 Eliyahu David Kay – I mentioned I was working on another Blog. The main point of that Blog is this year in Israel is Shemitah. I discussed this with many people and came away with a firm impression that most did not think it necessary for people living outside of Israel to learn these Halachas because they had no obligation to do those Mitzvahs living overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Eli\u2019 sudden murder, that assumption has been proven wrong because I met many of Eli\u2019s relatives and friends at the Shiva house who flew in from overseas to attend his funeral. Some will be staying for the duration of the Shiva period and perhaps beyond. During that whole time they will now be faced with many questions related to Shemitah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before this Shemitah year began, I had a feeling that there would be some event or events that would make it necessary for people living overseas to begin learning the laws of Shemitah. I discussed this with my son Dovid Pinchas. His Rav, Rabbi Yitzhak Eliezer Gradnavich ZT\u201dL was niftar 10 minutes before Rosh Hashanah which I wrote about on a November 11th<\/sup> Blog. Dovid was impressed with this idea and so were the Rabbis he teaches with at his Yeshiva \u2013 Chochma V Daat in Rechovot. In addition, the lawyers he gives a daily Daaf Yomi shiur to also voiced their support. And that was further confirmed when Rav Chaim Kanievsky announced that everyone should take time out from their busy schedule to learn two Shemitah Halachas everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But where will Jews who recently arrived in Israel, such as the family of Eli Kay, get help to know the Shemitah laws?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introducing \u201cThe Shemitah Hotline\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The timing of this Blog is all from Hashem because I assume many of Eli\u2019s relatives from overseas will not have time to learn the Shemitah Halachas while everyone is sitting Shiva. \u201cThe Shemitah Hotline\u201d is here to help not only Eli\u2019s family, but everyone else to find answers to Shemitah questions.  I will explain where to find contact details for this new Hotline shortly, but first I want to reveal the Rav who is making this Shemitah Hotline possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a Rav who has been teaching in Dovi\u2019s Yeshiva since it was started by Rabbi Gradnavich 20 years ago named Rabbi Chaim Vidor. He is a well-respected Rav not only in the Yeshiva but in Bnei Brak where he lives and serves on a Beit Din as a Dayan. For the past few months Rav Vidor has been producing Shemitah Halachas which he emails to me in Hebrew. I print them out and send them to Dovi who translates them into English. Dovi has begun making a series of Videos, first in English and then follows with the Hebrew translation. To confirm how motivated Rav Vidor is, I often receive those emails between 2 to 4am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amazing thing is that one of the partners in the law firm has taken off time from his busy schedule to record Dovi\u2019s English\/Hebrew Shemitah shiur on video after the Daf Yomi shiur is given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a bochur in Dovi\u2019s Yeshiva who also records the Shemitah Halacha Shiurim at the Yeshiva after Dovi davens Shacharit and learns Mishna Bruah with the Bocherim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My New Site Which Contains Contact Details For \u201cThe Shemitah Hotline\u201d Is Named \u2013 \u201cYour Aliyah Advisor\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Aliyah Advisor- http:\/\/youraliyahadvisor.com\/- <\/strong>was originally created to generate interest about making Aliyah. Eli Kay\u2019s murder should send a strong message home to all Jews living outside Israel that we must stand up together as one nation and not be divided. Jews make up a small portion of the world\u2019s population but every person must stand up and be counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eli\u2019s brother Kasriel said it best at Eli\u2019s funeral as I have written at the beginning of this Blog that \u201cEli would have wanted every single person to give \u2026 to the best of their ability, in whatever way works for them, whatever they can for Israel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I firmly believe that if we all work together to support Israel then Eli\u2019s wish would have been fulfilled. That includes learning the laws of Shemitah which \u201cYour Aliyah Advisor\u201d will now concentrate on. Pay particular attention to the Video on the main page which shows our son Dovid Pinchas paying tribute to his teacher Rav Gradnavich. It is in his honor that Dovid wants to dedicate these Shemitah Videos. I have begun to put them up on the Site under the Videos heading appearing in the Menu on top of the Main Page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To obtain contact details of \u201cThe Shemitah Hotline\u201d go to the picture of the telephone in the middle of the Main Page. Pressing on it should then direct you to a separate page with all the information required for both English and Hebrew speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please remember that because \u201cYour Aliyah Advisor\u201d will now concentrate on primarily providing answers to Shemitah related questions and comments, and because we are a small team, it may take a while to respond to non-Shemitah queries.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is our hope that \u201cYour Aliyah Advisor\u201d can help perpetuate the memory of Eliyahu David Kay.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Especially since our son Dovid Pinchas shares Eli\u2019s middle name and attended the same Torah Academy School were the Kay family sent their children. May I point out that I wrote a Blog on May 5 of this year honoring the memory of Mrs. Selma Bacher who was pictured bidding farewell to Dovid Pinchas with all of his classmates 25 years ago before we made Aliyah. She was well respected and known to the Kay family and could even have taught Eli. That Blog can be viewed at the following link-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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