Every Monday, after Rabbi Silberstein finishes his lesson, students and associates come up and present questions in Halacha and discuss and engage in Torah discussions with him.
This week, his distinguished disciple, the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Cohen, the rabbi of the Sephardic communities in the city of Elad, approached him and asked: "What should I talk about in the community on Rosh Hashanah? What should I say to the elders and homeowners?""
Rabbi Silberstein immediately replied: "The only thing I think can be said is that God is a king, and if we accept kingdoms - then there are no problems. God is King, God is King, God will reign forever and ever. If we accept the kingdom of heaven - no one can spoil it.".
His grandson, Rabbi Chaim Melin, asked: "There is a Jew who has a 'special', abnormal child, and when there is joy in the family, a wedding, and the like, he asks to recite the 'Seven Blessings'. So once or twice the father let him speak and saw that everyone was laughing and joking at him, so he says - on the one hand he wants and asks to recite, on the other hand it is 'before a blind man', because by doing so he stumbles everyone who laughs at him. He is not that intelligent, but we still create a situation with our hands in which a Jewish soul is humiliated and everyone laughs at her, and in effect the father asks whether to let him speak or not?""
Rabbi Zilberstein was firm in his response: "Under no circumstances should he be allowed to speak. It is blasphemy to say that religious people look like animals laughing at that poor man.".
And when asked - the son insists on wanting to demand, he replied: "We need to tell him that since he has problems with his throat, the wind and air are not good, the doctor said it is not good for him to talk, and it could harm him if he talks... but letting him demand when everyone is laughing at him - that is right in front of a blind man.".
