Journey to Malta 2024: The Mystery of the Capture of Rav Yehuda Saraf

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay I want to conclude our uh journey to Malta with the account of also an exceptional RV who was captured by the Pirates of Malta his name was SAR again when we were in lerno this winter on that iconic line where the was and other the the was enjoys the following title from the very few are given this title A Big R what does that mean cuz everyone's a r right but he's a RAV God very few people got that title he is none other than the rebi of the prash the pradesa who's buried at the foot of har by the way the was offered the rabanus in Amsterdam which was the most prestigious rabanus of the time and he rejected it because basically they wanted a figurehead a puppet and they didn't want the rub to tell them what to do so the rejected it and famously writes forun he didn't take such a job anyway the question is what was rudar doing on the coast of Malta we know other gum they were collectors they were collecting funds for we don't have any information that he was collected so what was he doing we were in Amsterdam and when we were in Amsterdam we went to the C of ryak sasportas who was the only R in the times of sh who realized what he was up to who get the lights on and dri light um and he was outspoken against he wrote a where he basically uncovers all the all the dirt and everything and he's he's the first one and the most outspoken and the most courageous so he says he there's a letter that when shap went to the rabbis in They didn't accept him they didn't go for him they didn't treat him with respect but afterwards when they heard about his miraculous Feats they had such we have a letter says that three great R left and they went perhaps to Turkey to go to and to ask him for does not reveal the identity of who these RAB were there's a safer called is a uh work written by mayor benayahu mayor Bay is an eminent historian and I actually wanted to get a hold of this book because in it is a chapter about the gum that were held hostage in Malta and it's published by the world's faric library in y That's the only place that you could get a hold of the safer otherwise it's out of print replace the light it's it's out of print so I made an order and I got it very shortly before the trip and brings many proofs that one of these three r that left to ask M from the sh was none other than cuz at the time he duped many many great ranim ultimately RAR comes to Leo and for some reason when he gets to learno he he's the r of the padash he will not teach any cabala he did not no longer theab and he would not say a word about the sh so may suggests after he went to sh he was on the coast and that's why he was taken captive as we mentioned he was freed through the efforts of wh abuhav who's the chief Rabbi of Venice and this is also an amazing uh account of one of the greatest G is and it gives you a picture of the context of what was taking place in the time this was In the Heat of the saadian movement you had G who are going collecting in Europe you had G who are going for other purposes and someone who the calls RAV godal that is one of the uh likely reasons why he traveled out along these coasts so all of these great we should continue to learn from them and all their special Works you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com