The Story Of The Generations Of The "Resurrection Of The Dead Committee"

Rebbe Yitzchak, Rebbe's father, was a rabbi in a period of Stalin when it was impossible for anyone to maintain their Judaism without getting, God forbid, arrested or worse.

But Rabbi Yitzchak maintained total and complete sacrifice to remain in Russia, remain in his position in Dnepropetrovsk, And to remain stalwart, I know any English word or any Jewish word I'm going to use is going to be less than the real word, which is total masiris navash, total sacrifice, to inspire everyone in this community to remain connected to God and to Torah.

Just an example of some of the things that he said openly and publicly, despite the incredible danger.

He spoke about how USSR is America equivalent to Egypt.

And just like in Egypt, the Torah says the Jewish people merited to be redeemed because they didn't change their language, they didn't change their dress, so too the Leviticus said that the Jewish people have to maintain who they are, and that is how they'll be redeemed.

On one occasion, it was in the week of Parshas Matos, the Leviticus was at a hall, a celebration, and he said the Jewish people were led out of Egypt through Matis, through the staff of Moses, the staff of Aaron.

But he said there are other staffs.

There are the staffs of Hitler and the staff of Stalin.

People think, said Ibrahim Yitzchak, that Stalin and Hitler are enemies.

But the truth is that they're not enemies.

They both have the same intent.

Their staffs said that I believe Yitzhak, that Yitzhak in previous times, there were staffs that broke Jewish bones.

So too, the staff of Stalin, the staff of Hitler, it's all about destroying the Jewish people.

And then he explained how they have the same numerical equivalence.

Misperkaton, if you spell their names in Yiddish, they have the same gematria, because they have the same idea about destroying the Jewish people.

On the night of his passing, Rebbe Yitzchak, right before passing away, asked for water to wash his hands.

He said, I have to prepare to go to the other side.

My mourning kid already passed away.