Agudath Israel of America, today, shared a Kol Korei from the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America:
[Free Translation]
The situation of Acheinu Bnei Yisroel everywhere has become increasingly perilous, with rising waves of anti-Jewish hatred around the world. In our Holy Land, the danger is even greater, with the looming threat of war. Moreover, we still have precious souls who remain captive in the hands of our enemies, Rachmana litzlan, and we pray that Hashem will have mercy upon them, deliver them from their suffering and captivity, bring them from darkness to light, and from oppression to redemption.
At this time, terrible decrees have been issued against the world of Torah and the yeshivos in our sacred land. There are ominous plans, chalilah, to draft those who dedicate themselves to Torah learning, those who sit on the benches of the batei medrash. Our gedolei Torah ztvk”l have already declared unequivocally that any form of army conscription poses a profound spiritual danger. In addition, there are numerous other decrees and persecutions threatening the Torah world, both spiritually and physically. Tragically, hundreds of yeshiva bochurim have already been conscripted into the army, and several avreichim and bochurim are currently imprisoned in military jails.
Am Yisroel’s strength lies only in prayer. It is our sacred duty to plead before the Borei Kol Olamim and to arouse Divine mercy upon His people. Therefore, the Gedolei Yisroel in Eretz Yisroel have proclaimed a special day of tefillah this Thursday, 27 Menachem Av, to coincide with Yom Kippur Katan, observed early this month.
We therefore call upon every Jew, wherever they may be, to join together in tefillas rabbim, a united outpouring of heartfelt prayer, beseeching Hashem for the protection of the Torah world in our Holy Land and for the salvation of every single one of our brothers and sisters wherever they are. Avinu Malkeinu, abolish from upon us all harsh and evil decrees.
Throughout the Jewish world, communities are urged to gather for the recitation of Tehillim and the special tefillos of Yom Kippur Katan. In addition, praiseworthy is he who undertakes to fast (even if only for a few hours) as is the custom on Yom Kippur Katan. Whatever one offers, much or little, what matters most is that the heart be directed to Shomayim. The bnei hayeshivos are encouraged to add extra hours to their Torah learning, and we should elevate our collective tefillos on behalf of the Olam HaTorah and all of Klal Yisroel who are facing suffering and captivity.
May Hakadosh Boruch Hu have compassion upon us, redeem us from all our troubles, and grant us the merit to be written and sealed for a year of geulah and yeshuah.
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And add a tefilla to save us from all the self hating yidden writing atrocities on these news sites, they are more than willing to belittle our rabbanim whether in EY OR HERE and it’s time we stand up to them and call them out for what they are, wicked erev rav with zero value for limud and no yira shamayim whatsoever
“…terrible decrees have been issued against the world of Torah and the yeshivos in our sacred land…”
Of course, Agudah’s lay-people won’t write the worst part, which is that it is the wicked Zionists who issued those terrible decrees and are shmading Jews there.
Instead, they suffice with the passive-voice, as if those decrees somehow came from Mars or the like.
This Kol Koreh states: “Am Yisroel’s strength lies only in prayer.”
Many people think this.
One wonders how this notion would comport with the Chazal found twice in Taanis, 14a and 19a, especially as understood by Rashi, “L’Ezra v’lo l’tz’aka.”
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/the-fourth-reich-of-israel
Jews in Israel need to stop fighting each other
Do you remember the bitter fighting among Jews in Israel just prior to October 7?
they should pray for the 60,000 reservists who are being called up for battle and for the hostages.
WiseSage58:
More accurately, the Zionists need to stop oppressing the chareidim, and need to stop shmading all the Jews there.
The comment of wise sage is correct.
We need to stop fighting period.
I once heard a Shiur on Torah anytime, sorry forgot who was speakng, the Rav said that right before
חורבן בית שני
There was a lot of fighting inside Klal Yisroel and many people were fighting
לשם שמים
They sincerely believed that their
כוונה
Was
לשם שמים
And then came
חורבן בית שני
It appears that Hashem was not convinced that their true intention was for
קידוש שם שמים
No, wisesage, I do not. I remember seculars doing a pogrom on yom kippur. I remember hateful marches of secularists through Bnei Brak. Calling these “fighting among Jews” bothsides a one sided issue.
@ahavasyisroel – thank you for the source – it gave me reason to pull out the Gemara and look it up myself.
It’s pretty clear that there are no “classic” mekoros for the Chareidi position, that any hishtadlus is a waste and people should only learn/daven for defense. It’s also pretty clear from the calls by Chareidi leaders in Israel themselves for people to take to the streets to protest, rather than spend extra time in the Beis Midrash (it is Bein haZemanim, after all), that they don’t really believe this either – yet somehow, there has to be this great charade that they all ABSOLUTELY, SINCERELY, 100% BELIEVE that “Torah Magina uMatzila” is to be taken literally and no army is necessary.
They’re either deceiving themselves or are cynical to the point of disbelief – I leave it to others to decide which it is.
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