V'Higadeta-Bereishis

Insights, stories, and teachings on THE WEEKLY PARASHAH from the treasure-trove of the maggid Harav Yaakov Galinsky zt"l.Every Shabbos the Steipler Gaon made time for "oneg Shabbos" he would read from Rav Yaakov Galinsky's V'Higadeta series. Here were sefarim that you could read at the Shabbos table. And not just because they were books on the parashah. Once, a bachur who had learned with the Mir Yeshivah in Shanghai got engaged. The rosh yeshivah, Rav Dovid Povarsky, zt"l, and the mashgiach, Rav Yechezkel Levenstein, zt"l, both attended the vort, the engagement celebration. The rosh yeshivah asked the mashgiach to speak, but he declined. He turned to Rav Galinsky to do the honors. Rav Galinsky stood up and said, "I'll explain why the mashgiach isn't speaking.