Named Segulas Yaffa, in memory of Rebbetzin Yaffa Sternbuch A"H, Sandek is a unique initiative to provide the opportunity for every member of Klal Yisroel – men, women, married, and not-yet married to harness the power of this time- honored segulah.
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"The Sandek who holds the child during the bris is equivalent to the Kohen offering the ketores"
SHULCHAN ARUCH, Y"D 265:12
A Segulah Attributed to Shidduchim, Prosperity, Upstanding Generations and more.
Sandek – a venerated title cited by Chazal as equivalent to offering the ketores on the mizbe'ach in the Bais Hamikdash – has long been associated with exceptional segulah and bracha.
This time honored segulah is attributed specifically to prosperity, upstanding generations, shidduchim and more. In the earliest sources, the Sandek was known as the Ba'al Bris – the patron of the Bris. Many sources cite the custom of the Sandek undertaking to cover the expense of the Bris meal.
This time honored segulah is attributed specifically to prosperity, upstanding generations, shidduchim and more. In the earliest sources, the Sandek was known as the Ba'al Bris – the patron of the Bris. Many sources cite the custom of the Sandek undertaking to cover the expense of the Bris meal.
Maran Harav Moshe Sternbuch Shlit"a relates from earlier sources that the segulah of the Sandek is specifically ascribed to the one who underwrites the cost of the Bris.
It is with this in mind that the Sandek organization was established, under the auspices of Rav Sternbuch, Shlit"a.
Named Segulas Yaffa, in memory of Rebbetzin Yaffa Sternbuch A"H, the mission of Sandek is to provide the opportunity for every member of Klal Yisroel – men, women, married and not-yet married.
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It is with this in mind that the Sandek organization was established, under the auspices of Rav Sternbuch, Shlit"a.
Named Segulas Yaffa, in memory of Rebbetzin Yaffa Sternbuch A"H, the mission of Sandek is to provide the opportunity for every member of Klal Yisroel – men, women, married and not-yet married.
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All sponsorship levels include name submission for special tefillah to be recited by the Sandek, Mohel and father of the baby at the bris.
About
Rebbetzin
Yaffa Shaindel
Sternbuch A"H
Born in Tel Aviv, in 1934, to the illustrious Schechter family, Rebbetzin Yaffa Sternbuch was reared in a home steeped in the virtues of Torah, Avodah and Chessed. Her father, Reb Yaakov Schechter, was a close confidante of the Chazon Ish. It was the Chazon Ish who ultimately proposed the shidduch between Yaffa and the young rising star, Harav Moshe Sternbuch Shlit"a, foreseeing his greatness as a future Gadol Hador.
Reb Yaakov and his wife Chaya were renowned for their gracious hospitality and generous philanthropy. Owners of a successful leather manufacturing firm, the Schechters shared their blessings with the struggling families of the newly formed Torah yishuv in Eretz Yisroel.
Perhaps, most remarkable was young Yaffa's smooth and cheerful transition from her parents' home of relative comfort to the frugal and sparse lifestyle that characterized the home she built with her esteemed husband.
The Shechters spent many years in far-off South Africa, where together they built the great "Torah Centre" community of Johannesburg. As a mother of the Torah Centre, Rebbetzin Sternbuch took a keen interest in all the families of the kehillah, treating everyone as her own family.
The joy and simcha that the Rebbetzin infused in the Sternbuch home exemplified how true simchas hachaim does not come from material pleasures, but rather from nurturing one's growth and achievements in ruchniyus.
She was an exemplary mother, raising her five children with love, affection, admiration and confidence. If she ever found need to discipline one of her children, she made sure to do it in private, taking extreme care to protect the dignity and respect of the child. If a child ever failed at something, a favorite expression of hers was, "Those who don't wash dishes never break a plate."
A multifaceted personality, the Rebbetzin oversaw the management of other father's leather enterprise, executed the publishing her husband's prolific sefarim, and was a renowned teacher and lecturer, with an ability to connect with women audiences of all backgrounds.
Rebbetzin Yaffa a"h leaves behind generations of outstanding talmidei chachamim, rabbonim, mechanchim and bnei Torah.
May her rich legacy carry on in this special initiative bearing her name.
Perhaps, most remarkable was young Yaffa's smooth and cheerful transition from her parents' home of relative comfort to the frugal and sparse lifestyle that characterized the home she built with her esteemed husband.
The Shechters spent many years in far-off South Africa, where together they built the great "Torah Centre" community of Johannesburg. As a mother of the Torah Centre, Rebbetzin Sternbuch took a keen interest in all the families of the kehillah, treating everyone as her own family.
The joy and simcha that the Rebbetzin infused in the Sternbuch home exemplified how true simchas hachaim does not come from material pleasures, but rather from nurturing one's growth and achievements in ruchniyus.
She was an exemplary mother, raising her five children with love, affection, admiration and confidence. If she ever found need to discipline one of her children, she made sure to do it in private, taking extreme care to protect the dignity and respect of the child. If a child ever failed at something, a favorite expression of hers was, "Those who don't wash dishes never break a plate."
A multifaceted personality, the Rebbetzin oversaw the management of other father's leather enterprise, executed the publishing her husband's prolific sefarim, and was a renowned teacher and lecturer, with an ability to connect with women audiences of all backgrounds.
Rebbetzin Yaffa a"h leaves behind generations of outstanding talmidei chachamim, rabbonim, mechanchim and bnei Torah.
May her rich legacy carry on in this special initiative bearing her name.
The joy that the Rebbetzin infused in the Sternbuch home exemplified how true simchas hachaim does not come from material pleasures.
sources
"The desire to serve as the Ba'al Bris and hold the child on one's knees during the Bris is sourced in the Medrash, where Dovid Hamelech tells Hakadosh Baruch Hu, 'with all my limbs I serve you..." With my knees I serve as Sandek'..."
Hagahos Maimoniyos, Milah 3:5
"A woman who serves as the Ba'alas Bris brings the baby to the bris, carrying him up till the entrance of the shul."
Maharil, Hilchos Milah
"...the greatness of this segulah is likened to the ketores, for which the gemara states that ketores was only given to a Kohen once in his lifetime… A woman can take part in this segulah..."
REMA YD 265:11
"...the reason we don't see the fulfillment of the segulah of Sandek nowadays is because the Sandek no longer pays for the bris, as per the original custom..."
Teshuvos Vehanhagos, 4:224
"The Sandek gives various gifts, including wine and beverages for the Bris meal and the vach-nacht. If the father of the child has difficulty with parnassah, the Sandek pays for the entire bris meal"
Madrich LeMinhag Ashkenaz Hamuvhak