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The mashgiach, Reb Yechezkel Levenstein, z’tl, used to give over a vaad to avreichim. On one occasion, he related that he had heard that the Chofetz Chaim said that there will be a second war which will cause the First World War to appear like child’s play. There will then be a third war, which will make the second war appear like child’s play.
A sense of dread and gloom fell over those listening, and Rav Shalom Schwadron found the courage to ask the Mashgiach why it was necessary to utter such harsh words. Wouldn’t it be preferable to simply daven to be saved from future harsh decrees?
The Mashgiach became very agitated and said, “You completely misunderstood what the Chofetz Chaim intended with these words! The Chofetz Chaim’s main intention was that there will be a dearth of emunah! The dearth in emunah during WWI was child’s play compared to the dearth of emunah during WWII, and the darkening of emunah that will be during the third war will make everything previous seem like child’s play. During a war, they shoot a few guns, but this is not the essence of the war! (Shi’al Avicha VeYagaidcha)
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WIY; People DO tend to exaggerate or misunderstand. The misunderstanding here is at Two levels. What the Chofetz Chaim said; And the explanation of the Mashgiach, Harav Levenshtein, Z”l.
As an example. About Three years ago, there were rumors to the effect that R. Shachna Zohn (z”l?) who supposedly was a Talmid of the Chofetz Chaim said that he had a dream where the Ch”Ch. told him that Moshiach will come that particular year, before Rosh Hashana. As it turned out. He was not a talmid of the Ch”Ch. He only spent one Shabbos at the house of the Ch”ch. on the way to the yeshiva where he intended to go. There was another qualifier in that “Dream”. If the generation will be “Zocheh”.
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