Rinat Yerushalaim Synagogue
Kids' Corner

4Comics Magazine
Issue 4

The Steipler's Hat

On a visit to a great tzaddik, Rav Yoram discovered how much parents pray for their children.

  1. As a young man, Rabbi Yoram used to travel to visit rabbis and tzaddikim.

    As a young man, Rabbi Yoram used to travel to visit rabbis and tzaddikim.

    Today I'm going to Bnei Brak – to the Steipler's home!

  2. A simple home, full of books from floor to ceiling. Here lived Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky zt"l – "the Steipler".

    A simple home, full of books from floor to ceiling. Here lived Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky zt"l – "the Steipler".

    Shalom aleichem, Rebbe!

    Aleichem shalom, my son. Sit down.

  3. A guest, a Torah scholar, asked the Steipler about his son – Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky zt"l, who knew the whole Torah by heart.

    A guest, a Torah scholar, asked the Steipler about his son – Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky zt"l, who knew the whole Torah by heart.

    How did you merit such a great son?

  4. The Steipler took the hat off his head.

    The Steipler took the hat off his head.

    Do you see this hat?

  5. Every night after midnight, the Steipler said the whole book of Tehillim and prayed with tears for his son.

    Every night after midnight, the Steipler said the whole book of Tehillim and prayed with tears for his son.

    Every night I fill this hat with tears – that my Chaimke will never stray from Hashem's path!

  6. And this was when Rabbi Chaim was already over fifty! Yoram left the house deep in thought.

    And this was when Rabbi Chaim was already over fifty! Yoram left the house deep in thought.

    My parents pray for me too – all the time!