Eliyohu past midnight in Jerusalem
When I was walking home on Simchas Torah late at night in Jerusalem I run into a man who had this incredible saintly look. He had flowing strait peyos that almost merged with his beard, a lion-like look. He was wearing surtuk and under it a long garment-like tzitzis. He had two people in his entourage. We spoke. He used an elaborate and poetic Litvisher Yiddish but obviously was not a Lubavitcher. He was extraordinarily sharp, on par with Zelig Levin. I was floored by his penetrating observation and knowledge of obscure subjects. He refused to tell me his name. I run into a hotel after one of the people in his entourage but the man said he could not reveal the identity. I was so impressed with this Jew, particularly with his on the spot ability to tell things about me indicative of a spiritual x-ray vision. I really though I encountered Eliyohu past midnight on the streets of Jerusalem� I run into him again at night the next day as he kept the second day Yom Tov. Perhaps the man is a Brisker and I have reasons to believe that he resides in Toronto. Anyone knows who he is?




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