Rosh Yeshivah Ponevezh HaGaon HaRav Berel Povarsky published a letter of chizuk to bnei yeshivos via the Va’ad Hayeshivos on Wednesday evening.
“To the beloved and dear bnei yeshivos,” the letter begins. “Words are superfluous regarding your preciousness and virtues. All the koach of Klal Yisrael and its successes are only through the koach haTorah.”
“But unfortunately, the wicked government behaves with complete disregard for this, and out of unrestrained hatred, the hatred of the ignorant and wicked towards Talmidei Chachamim and Bnei Torah, they declare lomdei Torah as criminals and evaders, rachmana litzlan—when the opposite is true, and those who have no part in the Torah are the evaders and destroyers of our existence.”
The Rosh Yeshivah also called on bnei yeshivos not to be drawn into debates with the public over the draft issue. “It is not our job to negotiate with them and discuss their vanities,” he wrote. “We only need to remember the second bracha in the Shema of Maariv, that the love of Hakadosh Baruch Hu for Yisrael stems from the koach of Ahavas Torah and engaging in it day and night, and to believe in this with complete faith—that His love will never depart from us.”
“And no one will have the power to cause us pain or harm us, chas v’chalilah, because we’re the loved ones of the One who loves us with a great and everlasting love,” the Rosh Yeshivah concluded.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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I was zocheh to see him after shavuos at ponovitch and wait on the “good shabbos” line Friday night. What malachim raboisai it’s a shame the erev rav among us cant see it
I have no issue with someone genuinely learning in Yeshiva. My problem is with those who aren’t.
Also amusing: Goldknopf instituted fingerprinting for his thousands of employees.
The perpetual us vs them victim status used to work before we had to defend ourselves on seven fronts. No one is attacking the Torah world. This is actually an anti-Torah position and anyone who is intellectually honest knows that. I do find the protests very interesting considering this is exactly what Rabbi Porush wanted from the hesder guys a year ago….Not sure if it’s in the YWN archives. The lack of self awareness is mind-numbing…https://x.com/KnessetT/status/1752980313762931112
“And no one will have the power to cause us pain or harm us, chas v’chalilah, because we’re the loved ones of the One who loves us with a great and everlasting love,” the Rosh Yeshivah concluded.
I think this comment sums up the disconnect and contempt the chareidi world has for the rest of klal Yisrael. This is the attitude the Baal Shem Tov came to correct. HKBH loves every Jew, even when the Rosh Yeshivah says otherwise.