All this talk about Rav Elyashiv and the Jerusalem Kano'im got some of the readers going here, despite me not being here as often as I should and used to. Somehow the legend of Reb Hirsh Peysakh and the death of two children of famine/malnutrition was brought up again, to prove that he was a kano'i after all, despite him being a long time member of the Rabbanut HaRashit. One reader told me privately that RHPF somehow managed to avoid the wrath of the zealots and is OK in all circles today, despite his associations. It's as if after RAYHK there was no more room in the evil category for RHP, so had no choice but to accept him. I guess the fact that he wasn't buddy-buddy with all the big frei knakkers in Israel also helps, but that shouldn't have absolved him completely, not as far as zealots are concerned. I would imagine there are still those in Israel who would not step foot in Har Tzvi on Rechov Tzefania, but we can count those people on our fingers and toes. There's no gasp of the crowd were his name be mentioned by a Darshan like it would be if RAYHK's name was brought up.



So there. Another reader, a very proud non-Lubavitcher, sent me the link to the above page. I remember referencing the sefer a while back, maybe 2 years ago, but I'm not sure if it was the same letter and I can't be bothered searching the blog to see if it was. In any case, it…