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Gedolei Torah have commented on the upheaval that is spreading through the Middle East, stating that the events are a clear proof on ikvesa deMeshicha.
Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman was quoted in the Israeli chareidi media as attributing the instability in the region to contemptuous attitudes towards limud haTorah.
Rav Shteinman explained that Chazal tell us that there is a connection between limud haTorah study and the stability and existence of the world.
The one who does not see that Hashem is running the world, Rav Lefkowitz concluded, is not evil, but a fool.