HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau delivered divrei chizzuk this week at the Beit Midrash Elyon yeshiva in Bnei Brak, marking the end of the winter zeman

“Baruch Hashem, the Olam Ha’Torah is flourishing,” the Rosh Yeshivah said. “Thousands upon thousands are immersed in limmud Torah despite difficulties, decrees, and wars. ‘To dwell in the house of Hashem all the days of my life.’”

“There is no doubt that the Torah is what protects us. According to natural logic, there is no explanation for the nissim occurring in front of our eyes. It is very unfortunate that some people try to restrict lomdei Torah. What do they want—to drill a hole in the very ship they themselves are sailing on?

“We must remember one fundamental point: we trust in Hakadosh Boruch Hu. We believe with emunah sheleimah that He watches over us and protects us. Of course, we must take precautions and avoid danger, but ultimately we’re in the hands of Shamayim, and therefore there is no reason to live in fear or anxiety. There’s no need to be shaken by events as if they are chalilah, controlled by human beings.

“Everything is in the hands of Shamayim, and our tafkid is to increase Torah and tefillah in order to bring more Rachamei Shamayim on the Am Yosheiv B’Tzion.

The Rosh Yeshiva continued: “Now you are returning home for Bein Hazmanim, which by nature is a time of weaker Torah study. But a ben yeshivah cannot disconnect from Torah—even during bein hazmanim.

“But in days like these, when we need abundant Rachamei Shamayim, the obligation to increase limmud Torah is doubled and multiplied. Not a single day should chalilah pass without several hours of continuous, focused limmud. Am Yisrael needs our protection—the protection of lomdei Torah. Who will defend them if not us?

“Of course, one must fulfill the mitzvah of Kibbud Av V’Eim, but above all, remember your tafkid: to increase limmud Torah study, to live a life of Torah, and to be mekadeish Shem Shamayim—so that people will say, ‘Fortunate is his Rav who taught him Torah; fortunate is his father who taught him Torah.’”

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)