Rabbi Chaim Brikman, Shliach to Seagate, Brooklyn - loved Seforim, Talmid chocham - RC Dalfin

This is a tribute to the mayor and bor I believe to brickman of the reb to seagate Brooklyn was younger me by about six years but we had a chance to to know each other from the bachi at Ocean Parkway in the 1970s. He was in my brother's class, my younger brother's class. And then later when I came back to Borough Park to Brooklyn, um there was a a doctor who I became close to who lived in Seagate and I had a chance to talk to Rabim about him and work with him on that. What I could tell you is that was aim a kind person who was involved with and he was the of the ashul there that's I believe 100 years old or more or less he also reached out to me to get as many of my sodum as possible. What I saw was that he had a an understanding of working with people and even during the difficult times of when he was had health challenges and it was very very tough and rough. He was focused on the mission. The mission to teach people to do the is to bring people closer to there were times when he had challenges there from the inside without going into details. Others tried to take away his sh and he was steadfast in his commitment. the we don't know we don't understand the abisha's ways we never did we never do and we never will but one thing we know that when you're connected to you're connected to the who sent all over you might think seaggates right here I live in borak it's just down ocean parkway go up to colon island make a right go straight in and the gates and you're at sea gate And there's there lives there and others and you know it's an enclave. It's a beautiful enclave. It's near the water but it's an enclave. It's not uh you know Flatbush and Burough Park and Muny and Lakewood and Crown Heights. He goes away there to to bring Eden back to teach them more to heighten the awareness of Hashem of Yiddish kite. This is a midfish and he was a he told me different things that he means someone who was knowledgeable in Torah study and Torah teachings, Talma teachings. This definitely helped him being in an area like Seagate where you have other I believe there was a rabbi misles there who wrote a book on there were people there and was able to to deal with them to impress them. This wasn't a slouch. This wasn't ameggi. This was a This is what we're talking about. His wife, his wonderful children, grandchildren, continued the legacy, continue the actual application of the Reba sent them in Seagate, taking his tra. I know he once had he told me a a massive [laughter] flood. Maybe it was when there was sandy and it flooded a lot of his basement or wherever [snorts] he had a swarim and he called me if I can replace some of the swarim that he had bought, you know, as um and uh the point is that I got the feeling that a safer a book is important to him and he wanted to have as many of my books that he could to have in his library. shows that elites elitis he he's involved in something higher something greater something more spiritual something more not just the dollar and not just the food and not just the pleasures but something greater and higher help and may hashem help that he will come back together with everyone of I think I don't recall now but whoever lives in so I also had a chance to speak to this summer at the empire the father the illustrious family the the zoman then Albany had to do also with the the malik the malik And we spoke about that. A lot to say, a lot to think about. that there should only only goodness and kindness should be to this entire family, the Brickman family and everyone should do whatever there is to continue and help's family and should continue bigger and stronger and the resurrection of the dead where he and everyone else will come back. Amen. Amen.