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<font size=3>I emailed Rabbi Moshe Schwab, Rav Shimon Schwab's oldest
son, the story below that I sent out earlier today about his father that
I received from Reb Zalman Alpert. Rabbi M. Schwab replied, "I never
heard this story, and I doubt that it is true."<br><br>
I then sent this message to Reb Zalman Alpert, and he wrote to
me:<br><br>
I respect Rabbi Moshe Schwab, and if he says its not true that certainly
deserves serious consideration. Perhaps you ought to relate that
fact as well or delete my message. Although I do not think
so, perhaps my memory is faulty, and it was Rabbi Breuer or another
of the WH German rabbis. <br><br>
Zalman Alpert<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Reb Zalman Alpert sent me the
following:<br><br>
I heard from Rabbi Avrohom Hoffman of Cong Shaare Hatikvah in Washington
Heights that his rebbe, the late Rabbi Simon Schwab,
ZT"L, was upset one year when a group of guests at his seder
table were learning rather than paying attention to the proceedings. Rav
Schwab nicely urged them to go to the living room to continue
learning, "Here we are having a seder and telling of the story
of Yetzias Mitzraim. This is not the time for learning. It is the time
for listening and retelling the story."<br><br>
This too is a very important lesson to keep in mind today with the
proliferation of lomdishe haggados etc.<br><br>
Yitzchok Levine</font></blockquote></blockquote></body>
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