As Pesach approaches, many people get together to bake Matzahs. Eating Matzah on Pesach that you made with your own hands is quite special. It is even better when you are part of a special chabura. Being part of the Skverer Rebbe’s chabura is no small privilege. The Matzah baking is an event. The chasidim dress in their bekeshes and streimlach. Hallel is recited upon completion of the baking. If you have ever been a part of a chabura, you know that everyone has a job to do. Some parcel out the dough, others roll it out, and others poke the holes in the dough. Rav Shaya Ungar was the Gabbai for the previous Skverer Rebbe and the current Rebbe. He is the shiver for the Skverer Rebbe’s chabura. The job of the shiver is to take a long board and, when the Matzah is finished baking, remove the Matzah and determine whether it is kosher or not. Every year jobs are rotated except for one. Rav Shaya is always the shiver. As Rav Shaya got older, it became increasingly difficult for him to stand before the blazing hot inferno and to remove the Matzah. The chasidim implored him to relinquish his duties as the shiver, but Rav Shaya refused. Someone asked Rav Shaya why he held on to this particular job with such fervor. Rav Shaya told the following story. “In Auschwitz, I had the worst job in the history of the world. After the Jews were gassed to death they would be packed onto a flatbed truck and wheeled to the crematoria. My job was walking alongside the truck to ensure no bodies would f
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