Ra Nosson Tzvi Finke av el 194 43-2011

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Ra Nosson Zv Finkel was born on M av vi March 12, 194 in 43, Ch hicago, Illino to his parents, Reb E ois, Eliyohu Meir and r Mr Finkel, an was name after his g rs. nd ed greatgrandfather, t Alter of S the Slabodka, Ra Nosson T av Tzvi Fin nkel. On the Yartzeit of R e Rochel Imei inu, Rav Nos sson Tzv Finkel, th Rosh HaY vi he Yeshiva of the Mirrer Yes e shiva in Yerushalayi was niftar. im Ra Finkel gre up in Chic av ew s. he cago Illinois As a boy, h wo a basebal cap, played baseball an was know as ore ll d nd wn Natty Fin nkel. Yet, de espite his ord dinary childh hood, Rav F Finkel worked on himself so that he c f could teach and influence others. His yeshiva became the large in the wo d o y est orld over 7 7,600 talmid dim. Anyone who wanted to learn cou join the yeshiva. He m w uld y made specia chaburos f them and al for d places to daven. kel a come the gre eatest a very serious illne known a Parkinson y ess as ns Rav Fink was also able to overc Disease. He had diff ficulty walki ing, talking and moving about. His b a body often sh hook from h head to toe. Ev so, he alw ven ways had a smile on his face. He wa always giv s as ving shiurim and workin ng non-stop to raise mo p oney for his Yeshiva. He travelled to and from Am Y merica often when it wo n ould have been easier and healthier to rest at hom People w d o me. would beg him to relax, b he didnt m but want to. The Rosh Ye T eshiva felt th one of his biggest me hat s erits was to r raise money to support h his Talmidim and his Ra m abbeim. Although Rav Finkel was very sic and in a lo of pain, h e did not tak certain pa medicati h ck ot ke ain ions that would make him more comf m fortable. He feared that t medicine would affe his ability to the ect y learn and understand Torah. He loved Torah that he did want to m out on any bit of d d h dnt miss understa or knowl and ledge. Rav Fink would tea Torah in the Beis Me kel ach edrash in the Mirrer. Wh speaking he had to hold e hile g, on tightly to two shte y ender becaus he would otherwise h se have fallen d down. Somet times, he couldnt even control his tongue enough to speak. But, h continued to try when e l s he d never he cou uld. Once, he was learnin with a stu e ng udent and he shook so m e much that he fell onto the floor. Befo e e ore getting up, he asked his chavrus to review what he had said. sa w d tion to lear rning Torah h Dedicat In the summer mont ths, many Ye eshiva studen would st nts tudy in the B Midrash of the Mirr Beis h rer Yeshiva because it wa a serious Makom Tor and there was an air conditionin Yerushal b as rah e ng. layim

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ot mmer and th men wante to escape from the op he ed e ppressive he Many Ro eat. oshei is very ho in the sum Yeshivos would be up pset that the talmidim would only learn in his yeshiva when it was ese m y s convenie and comf ent fortable. Rav Finkel was excited that the talmidi chose to l v s t im learn in his B Beis Medrash because it was such a zc h w chus for him Even mor impressive the Rosh Y m. re e, Yeshiva wou uld serve the temporar talmidim lunch. It cos his yeshiva so much m ese ry st a money to do so but he rai ised the mone because he loved Tora learning and Bnai To ey h ah a orah so much h. A gadol once came to visit Rav Fi o o inkel becaus he said he knew his 3, se e ,000 talmidi ims name. R Rav Finkel sa that he may not know all their na aid m w ames but he certainly lov each one ves e. Helping weaker Talmidim g As a new bachur in th Mir in 1970, Rav Nos w he sson Tzvi wa always lea as arning. He ha tremendo ad ous hasmada diligence He was lea ah e. arning mo orning, noon and night. H n However, he would take a e e break fro his learni to do one thing. He arranged ma chavruso with weak students om ing e a any os ker s before se eder, after se eder, on Frid night and Shabbos af day d fternoon. He felt helping weaker e g bochurim was the rea m ason for him to live. m Even whe Rav Noss Tzvi beca en son ame the Ros Yeshiva, h continued these chavr sh he d rusos with a any bachur who asked or who needed attention. He sometim learned t same daf gemara eig w r d mes the f ght times a day or more if he thought a Talmid needed him! Each chavru was learning it for th d i n usa he first time and might have been a weak studen He gave u his time w e h nt. up when he cou have lear uld rned with mor depth or learned new things. Inste he chose to be a cha re ead e avrusa and h help someone else e grow. a vi Levaya of Rav Nosson Tzv Finkel Rav Nos sson Tzvi Finkel was niftar very suddenly. At his leva F n aya, the st treets were e filled. Th light rai was susp he il pended bec cause of the number o people in the stree e of ets. Over 100,000 p eople came to the funeral. Every yone there knew how special Ra Finkel ha av ad been and how m much he ca ared for eac one of t ch them