The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

50 The Rav, hiding behind Harav Moshe Adess zt”l, amidst other Kabbalists Rav Kadouri sat opposite Harav Adess, who asked him on which tractate of the Talmud he wanted to be tested on. Harav .DGRXUL DQVZHUHG ³2Q ZKLFKHYHU WUDFWDWH WKH 5DY ZLVKHV ´ Tractate Kiddushin lay on the table before them, and so Rav Adess opened it and asked the Rav to explain the words of tosafot. One after the other, the Rav answered each question, swiftly and to the point. Rav Adess turned the pages of the Talmud and picked another tosafot. Again the Rav answered, as if he had it in his back pocket. Harav Adess was astounded by his quick grasp and breadth of knowledge, and immediately turned to him DQG VDLG ³<RX DUH DFFHSWHG LQWR WKH \HVKLYD ´ This is how the Rav entered the shiur (class) of Harav Adess, despite his being much older than the other students. The Rav was already forty years old, and the other students were barely turning twenty. The Rav intentionally joined this shiur , preferring it over the company of those his age that learned in the main study hall. 5DY $GHVV RQFH UHPDUNHG WR +DUDY 5DSKDHO /DQLDGR ³5DY <LW]FKDN GLG DV the Tanna Rabbi Akiva did. He sat and learned with the younger students at age forty.” The Rav was there for a year, and only then joined the group of older, married students in the main study hall.