by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Rav Shmuel Salant zt”l, (1816-1909) was the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim and was a well-known gaon and tzaddik. On Motzai Shabbos – he jumped out of the window of Shul (see Shalmei Todah, Chanukah p. 266).  Why did he do so? The Maaseh Rav (The Vilna Gaon) Hilchos Chanukah 237 states that on […]