פורסם ב: כז' טבת תשע"ז

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During Shabbat Shmot the students of class 29 of Bnei David were guests of the Chareidi (ultra-Orthodox) community in Bnei Brak. The goal of this Shabbat is to get to know the Chareidi community, and is part of the year-long project to get to know different segments of Israeli society.

For many years, this Shabbat in Bnei Brak was arranged and supported by Mr. Moti Zisser, who passed away this last year. However, his widow and his son, David, a graduate of Bnei David, decided to continue the tradition and project and arranged this important Shabbat.

After Shabbat there was a "Melave Malka" and a siyyum mishnayot in memory of our friend, Moti Zisser z"l. The students of the Mechina split all of the mishnayot amongst them, and within the course of just two weeks learned all six parts of the Mishnah. The siyyum was closed with the saying of kaddish by David Zisser.

Harav Chaim Kovalsky, the head of the "Meorot Ha'DAf Ha'Yomi" organization, related that every motzei Shabbat (Sat. night) he would study with Moti Zisser the book "Shem Me'Shmuel" on the weekly portion. Rabbo Kovalsky noted that it's not just a coincidence that the "Melave Malka" and the siyyum that were in memory of Moti Zisser z"l came out exactly on the yahrzeit of the Rebbe Harav Shmuel Bernstein of Sochachuv (who wrote the book Shem Me'Shmuel). It represents the connection between the Chareidi community and the Religious Zionist community that Moti believe in and worked for. Rabbi Kovalsky continued and said that Moti was a man on a mission and that all his life he sought out what his mission is to be and how to use all his abilities to uplift the spirit.

Rabbi Sadan spoke of the importance of studying mishnayot, which are the foundation of the Oral Law, and of the great value attached to the decision of the students to honor Mr. Zisser's memory and express their thanks to the family through studying all of the Mishna and completing that this evening.

Rabbi Sadan pointed put in his remarks that Moti was a man of connections, connecting different sectors of Israeli society, and much of his activity was geared towards that. The deep analytical study of Talmud was important to Moti and he did much to make that learning popular and beloved with his family and with all of Am Yisrael.

David Zisser, the son, told of the importance his father saw in the saying "Torah scholars multiply peace in the world" as a cornerstone on which to move forward the building of peace in the world.

The students returned to Eli full of impressions from their experiences, filled with a measure of spiritual uplifting and a new outlook on the various worlds within Israel.

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