My, oh my. An item in a Chinese auction booklet goes as follows:
It is called "Glow of a Gadol" and says:
"Thousands have basked in his light, and thousands more would pay anything to gain access to his wisdom and blessing. Choose one night of Chanukah to see Rav Chaim Kanievsky up close and personal for a transcendent experience of a lifetime. Touch the holiness and awe as you watch the Gadol Ha'dor light the Chanukah lecht with otherworldly kavanos and leave a changed man. Includes 2 round trip tickets."
Why is it that I cannot imagine a similar auction booklet entry for Rabbi Moshe Feinstein or Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetzky thirty years ago? Because it would have been unthinkable at the time. For one thing, Litvishe greats were not treated like celebrities or Admorim. For another thing ... do I really have to explain?
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