Rav Elyashiv had stopped giving his daily shiur due to his weakness. He had been admitted to the hospital and had to cancel his shiur.
After about a month of not giving his shiur, he finally resumed the shiur routine last week.
One of the students in his shiur asked him if he should/could say the bracha of shehechyanu (due to his joy upon the resumption of the shiur).
Rav Elyashiv smiled and said, you can say shehechyanu only if you eat a new fruit right afterwards.
And who said Rav Elyashiv does not have a sense of humor??!!
(source: Mishpacha newspaper)
Another example of humor from a rabbi whom you might not expect it from.
ReplyDeleteOnce a guy in the Satmar Rav's shul was making a donation to charity, and he announced that it would be for $47, equaling the gematria of "Yoel".
The Satmar Rav then said, "Oh, by the way, you should know that my friends call me 'Yoelish'".