Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Rare Photo Of the Chofetz Chayim as a young man!


The only problem that I have with this photo is that in this photo the man is wearing a "gartel" 
I don't think the Chofetz Chayim wore a gartel!

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks too tall to be the CC z"l. He was very short.

Unknown said...

he was the gabbai for the chofetz chaim when he was in warsaw in 1930.

NeverTracks said...

Being that the garment doesn't seem to have had buttons, the "gartel" you are having a problem with may have been a simple belt to keep the garment closed.

NeverTracks said...

How can you tell how tall this person is?? There is nothing else in the photograph to give the viewer any sort of reference point. Depending on the distance from the camera (and the angle), this person can literally be any height.

Anonymous said...

Can you please share your source? Thank you.

Anonymous said...

The Hebrew inscription says "on guard/watch by the Gaon Hatzaddik Chafetz Chaim Shlita, Sh. Sh. TarTzaddik (1930?)"

Also, the CC was about 90 during 1930. I would say that is someone elde.

Anonymous said...

The picture says that he was the shomer (shamash) of the CC,not the CC himself.

AishKodesh said...

B"H

This doesn't look like it is the Chofetz Chaim zt"l. However, you never know if he wore a gartel anyway.

Kol Tuv everyone.

Anonymous said...

That photo is dated 1930, at that time the Chafetz Chaim was already an old man. He was Niftar in 1933.

Reuven Chaim Klein said...

Rav Shachna Zohn zt"l personally told me that the Chofetz Chaim wore a gartel.

AishKodesh said...

B"H

@Reb Chaim HaQoton, Really? You personally knew Rav Shachna Zohn zt"l? It's an honor to know you :)

Anyway, wow!

Anonymous said...

Very unlikely it is the chofetz Chaim ztl

Anonymous said...

The Hebrew translates as "On guard AT (eitzel) the Chofets Chaim". This therefore is presumably a picture of the individual who was guarding the Chofets Chaim at the time, but not the Chofets Chaim himself. As other commenters have stated he would have been 70 years older than this man shown in the photograph.

Abe said...

Why is a gartel a subject of discussion? Is it controversial? Does its use elevate the user to higher levels of piety and virtuousness?
Won’t a trouser belt offer utility and the same piety? Why the need for a gartel? On the other hand I think a hernia belt, might be a better alternative. It supports both your , ahem...intimate organs as well as your spirituality.

Eli said...

The CC actually wore a gartel when he visited Poland and hasidic communities to fund raise.

Slimerepellant said...

What a slimeball, your comment has nothing to do with supporting truth or exposing hypocrisy.

Reality check said...

It is close to three years since the famous video of the Chofetz Chaim in Vienna in 1923 was discovered. Take a look at the Chofetz Chaim as seen there (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJKt-x0If4o) and compare to this photo. It is clearly not the same man. Do people have such short memories?

End of story.

P.S. Anyone who thinks the guy here is the Chofetz Chaim might want to invest in a bridge with an on ramp in downtown Brooklyn, NY.

Anonymous said...

Couldnt be the CC--- look at the cutaway beard, one type of chasid has that stylized/cut away beard, i forget which one

Anonymous said...

And yet the post remains online. Dus ain't the sharpest tool in the shed, is he...... he likes reporting fake news.
When it comes to accurate reporting he comes up a little short.

Anonymous said...

The IQ level of comment posters has dropped below the radar.
Nothing but stupidity

AishKodesh said...

B"H

Forgive me for sounding holier-than-thou, but how could it be even on a post as harmless as this, we find a way to talk badly about each other?

Abe said...

Slimerepellant 8:04PM,

“Support” is what the comment delivers, the type of which you sorely need.

Anonymous said...

Anyone capable of reading Hebrew knows this is not a photo of the CC ztl.

Anonymous said...

Everyone except for the heilige owner of this site apparently. That's right mishiginner.

Anonymous said...

The caption says על המשמר. It's a גבאי of the chafetz Chaim in Warsaw when he wad 91 yrs old! How ignorant and irresponsible can one get?! DIN- are all your posts as unreliable??