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October 21, 2025 5:40 pm at 5:40 pm
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DrYidd
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HaKatan, do you know that the Netziv said that the yeshiva in Volozhin was worthwhile if it produced only Rav Kook ztl. Rav Kook was the only student in Volozhin the Netziv allowed to wear teffilin all day. Rav Reuvain Bengis ztl, would not accept the position as head of Eidah HaChareida until after Rav Kook was niftar, given they were both students of the Netziv in Volozhin, he did not want to be in a p[ostion to oppose Rav Kook. Perhaps that is why Rav Bengis was zocheh to have 2 great-granmdchildrem who ate RY in Hesder yeshivot today.