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"Yudy Brody" BILL HACKNEY 443.763.6184 Last month, we began the story of our Totty, Rabbi Shmuel
Dovid Siegel. We described his youth as a graduate of TA’s
22 Years in the first high school class; his 10 years of learning in Ner Israel
Pest Control with his rebbe, the Rosh Yeshiva Harav Ruderman; his mar-
business riage; and his passion for the sugya of zmanim, about which
PEST She wrote three sefarim and was an internationally recog-
SERVICES
nized expert. We continue the story of our father’s life.
Residential & Commercial
on-in-law and Ner Israel alumnus, Nosson Westreich,
410-989-1919 remembers when the Rosh Yeshiva asked him to deliv-
www.QueenBPest.com er a message to our father. Rabbi Ruderman wanted
Totty to come to the yeshiva because he wanted to
Email: QueenBpest@gmail.com confer upon him a Yadin Yadin semicha, the highest
level semicha available. The earlier semicha conferred
M.HL.iIk.eCu.s#on104M3.H9.I.6C. #104396 upon our father by the Rosh Yeshiva had been a Rav
M.D.FAAC.EB#OO3K029M4.D.A. # 30294 Moreh Umanhig, which the Rosh Yeshiva felt was not
befitting our father’s kavod and his level of Talmudic mastery.
According to Nosson, upon hearing Rabbi Ruderman’s mes-
sage, Totty was reticent, even reluctant. Several weeks later,
the Rosh Yeshiva called Nosson in again to follow up on his
earlier request. He asked Nosson to deliver the message a
second time. Nosson did so, and once again, Totty demurred.
When Nosson asked him why he was not pursuing this offer,
Totty said, “Hekdesh is not chal on a baal mum – a person
with a defect cannot acquire holiness.” According to Nosson,
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"Yudy Brody" BILL HACKNEY 443.763.6184 Last month, we began the story of our Totty, Rabbi Shmuel
Dovid Siegel. We described his youth as a graduate of TA’s
22 Years in the first high school class; his 10 years of learning in Ner Israel
Pest Control with his rebbe, the Rosh Yeshiva Harav Ruderman; his mar-
business riage; and his passion for the sugya of zmanim, about which
PEST She wrote three sefarim and was an internationally recog-
SERVICES
nized expert. We continue the story of our father’s life.
Residential & Commercial
on-in-law and Ner Israel alumnus, Nosson Westreich,
410-989-1919 remembers when the Rosh Yeshiva asked him to deliv-
www.QueenBPest.com er a message to our father. Rabbi Ruderman wanted
Totty to come to the yeshiva because he wanted to
Email: QueenBpest@gmail.com confer upon him a Yadin Yadin semicha, the highest
level semicha available. The earlier semicha conferred
M.HL.iIk.eCu.s#on104M3.H9.I.6C. #104396 upon our father by the Rosh Yeshiva had been a Rav
M.D.FAAC.EB#OO3K029M4.D.A. # 30294 Moreh Umanhig, which the Rosh Yeshiva felt was not
befitting our father’s kavod and his level of Talmudic mastery.
According to Nosson, upon hearing Rabbi Ruderman’s mes-
sage, Totty was reticent, even reluctant. Several weeks later,
the Rosh Yeshiva called Nosson in again to follow up on his
earlier request. He asked Nosson to deliver the message a
second time. Nosson did so, and once again, Totty demurred.
When Nosson asked him why he was not pursuing this offer,
Totty said, “Hekdesh is not chal on a baal mum – a person
with a defect cannot acquire holiness.” According to Nosson,
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