0119 - R' Zalman Shimon Dworkin - Stone from Kosel

00:01 Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dvorkin, olav hashalom, who was the rebbe of the Lubavitcher community in Crown Heights, once told me that he got a sh-shailah from the Rebbe, that the Rebbe said that he should answer the shailah. Somebody sent the Rebbe a piece of rock from the Kessel of Marovi. Seems like a piece chipped off, and the person took it, and he sent it to the Rebbe as a present. And the Rebbe asked, "Is he allowed to keep it?" And Rabbi Zalman Shimon explained to me that the shailah was, since the Kessel of Marovi is Hekdesh, and you're not allowed to have a Noach on Hekdesh, and if you have a Noach on Hekdesh, you're Meil be-Hekdesh. There's a din that you're not allowed to make any use for anything that's Hekdesh. And this is part of the Harav. It's connected to the Harav Bayis, whatever. It's a shailah of Hekdesh, if you're allowed to use it. So the Rebbe asked if you're allowed to keep it. So he said he answered to the Rebbe that m'iker ha-din, you're probably allowed. Why? Because even though it's Hekdesh, there's a din, bo pritzim v'chalaluha, that after the Churban Beit HaMikdash and they destroyed the Beit HaMikdash, they were mechallel. They, they, they took away the kedushah of the Hekdesh. V'meileh, there is no more Hekdesh there. V'meileh, you're allowed to have a Noach from it. Nevertheless, he said to the Rebbe that he thinks the Rebbe should not keep it. And the Rebbe took his answer, and

01:15 the Rebbe Taki sent it back to the person who sent it to him.