Journey to Italy 2024: Padua - The Incredible Tale of Saul Wahl, King of Poland For a Day

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com now if you thought that was a story I was just warming you up to one of the all-time great I'm not even going to call it a legend because there's a there are the source of this story is an individual who didn't say stories you know someone who says stories for a living you know you know how it is but this is you wouldn't believe the of the story here we go after maram pad passed away the re the leading R in Venice was who his son Shu Yehuda Katan nameek sh Yehuda had a son Sha Sha it's even hard to believe this became the king of Poland you hear this so you have RAB HUD [Music] raden but his son sha became the king of Poland how did the son of the godar become the king of Poland well here we go this sha had an itch for travel he was very talented and the Min was all the Nobles would go and would get gather on a specific day and when the king of Poland died the rule was you needed to appoint a king that day the law in Poland everybody knows it's a PO law you can't go a day in Poland without a king and the day was the was coming and they don't have a king so they decided for one day to appoint W the son of Yehuda Katan as the king of Poland for the day the word w some conjecture means the elected one W had at his disposal all of The Chronicles and documents of Poland he had the Royal archives he inscribed many laws for the welfare of the Jewish people in Poland here is one anyone who murders a Jew would suffer the death penalty no Ransom was to be allowed a life for a life the next day the Nobles agreed on a candidate but at least for one day Sha was the king of Poland how did the son of the rabbi of Venice become the king of Poland here's how it happened sha wall had a travelage and he booked from padwa and he began journeying from country to Country he ends up in all places where does every good yiva Bak end up in brisk he was in brisk before brisk was brisk he was the first brisker he matters he marries the daughter of R David drer at the same time Prince Radell was second in rank to the king one of the richest Nobles in the region he also has a desire to travel and the the Nobles would travel from country to Country he would they would like to study various cultures and he goes broke he's embarrassed to reveal his identity so he decides to reveal his identity to the local Rabbi and he asked for a loan who did he come to shik the rabbi of Venice whenever you're in debt it's well known you go to Venice okay that's just a personal recommendation if you're in debt you go to Venice so Prince radel gets a loan from shiko Yehuda katelen Bogan the prince turns to the r of Venice and he says aside from my financial obligation is there anything anything I could do for you he said yeah when you go back to Poland I have a kid in brisk take care of my son in brisk fine the prince takes down the name and address he returns safely he inquires after sha W he summons him he is blown away by Sha Wall's Charisma Talent he gave him many many favors and this is the background however listen to the story there's a family in padwa who are abon in London and they have a tradition of the following story that's so this sha W who was ultimately appointed the king of this is our stop yeah yeah this is our stop I think we're going to have to uh pause I know I know you're waiting on baited breath but I'm sorry we're we're going to have to pause right here and we're going to come right back after a message from our sponsor okay to back to sha wall king of Poland for the day so after his day in the Sun the next king of Poland he really appreciate shaal he really liked him and he said you know I have a beautiful daughter and you have a very talented handsome son why why don't we be M them the son of the former king of Poland sha wall son to the daughter of the current king of Poland so sha gu didn't quite know what how to answer him he says I don't know let me let me discuss it with my son so his son didn't know what to do the son went for a walk and then he had a great idea he went into the Jewish hospital he went to the bed of a woman who is a zaka without every possible uh every possible and she's also a go to tap it off I mean she was Mish perfect and she was about to die and he says to her would you like to marry me for a few moments before you go she said yeah sure he says har and he runs back to his father and he says look I'd love to marry the daughter of the king of Poland but I'm already spoken for and all of a sudden the kala who was much older than him and AA and a started having AA and unfortunately she didn't die so he comes to her he says you know you're nice lady I appreciate the service but I'm going to have to give you a get she said why what's wrong with me he says you know I want to have children she said no what what's the problem you're you're old no so what what what's what what's the nafina and they brought the shilot to the Rama and Rama says to him why do you want to give this nice lady a get he says uh I want to have children she says no problem I'll give you children she says I could have children for another couple of years he says uh I want to have a lot of children she says fine I'll give you five children he says no uh uh I want to have 10 children theama says she could have twins each time this woman had five sets of twins and they stayed married and her name was Frankle and that's where the name tumim Frankle comes from tumim Frankle the came from this family from this woman who the gave a to who said over the story Steinman if he wasn't the one who said it who could have believed such a story so there there you have it rud marad Yuda Katen do W and his son who ultimately married the woman in the hospital from which came five sets of twins and ultimately Frankl you heard it here in Italy a tours 2024 you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com