Pink diamond, Hgr"ch Kanievsky's order and check

Haredi businessman Isaac Wolf, sanding and diamond merchant from New - York, broke a record when he bought the world's largest pink diamond, weighing 59.6 carats, for $ 83.2 million.

But there is another story not yet published, and is presented here for first publication: two months prior to the acquisition, Wolf came to Israel and went to the home of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky , accompanied by Rabbi Shlomo Ber Sorotzkin, head of the kollel network Ateret Shlomo .

"I have no cash now," Wolf said to Rabbi Chaim, "but Rabbi Sorotzkin wants me to donate to his network. I want to write him a check. Now, I want to ask the Rebbe, how much to write the sum in the box? "

Reb Chaim smiled slightly and decided: "Two million dollars!"

There was silence in the room. Wolf did not expect that Hgr"ch will impose such an amount on him. Even Rabbi Sorotzkin did not expect such a grandiose contribution. But as soon as it came out of the mouth of Hgr"ch – nobody asks questions.

He took out his checkbook and wrote a postdated check after Chanukkah, the amount determined by Reb Chaim. He put it in the hands of Hgrs"b Sorotzkin, who still could not believe his eyes.

The world's largest diamond

At this time, Hgrs"b turned to Reb Chaim and asked him: Can I take a loan based on that amount, to pay the salaries of our yeshiva students?

"Certainly, certainly," replied Rabbi Chaim without hesitation. Later, he blessed Wolf with great success in any business.

A week ago, the blessing came true: Wolf, who represents a group of known oligarchs and is a partner in Kenya, acquired the largest diamond in the world. He sees it as a direct result of Hgr"ch's blessing which was fulfilled.

Diamond known as the Pink Planet, weighing 59.6 carats, was sold at an auction on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland at a record price of $ 83 million.

Auction of the pink diamond was competed by four people - two of them clients from the Far East and one represented the buyer, Hasidic diamond merchant Governor Yitzchak (Isaac) Wolf of New - York, who bought it together with other factors.

All three of the most expensive diamonds in the world are pink diamonds.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!