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)
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9 Responses
Chazak v’ematz! Don’t listen to all the haters of Torah constantly spitting their venom at us from all directions including on Jewish news sites, they will be in the dust bin of History very soon
please show me where in the torah moshe rabbeinu sat and studied torah to protect b’nei yisrael, because i can’t find it. all i can find is that one should set aside time for torah study, while working to support their family.
those who don’t learn should work, pay taxes & help in the defense of the land. plain and simple
I noticed in my personal life, that whatever I was really convicted to do, committed to, was important to me, I was given.
That means that God is attentive and our needs are important to him.
That doesn’t mean our belief system equals truth.
I respect learning socioty a lot I think it’s beutiful but I think each person needs to live the life that works for him personally and the rest will fallow suit. Not everyone fits into this extreme box
Shloime- stop speaking against the gadol hador. It just makes you look weak and stupid. Go to his office and ask, obviously there’s a diff between the army of moshe and the army of Eyal zamir in terms of ruchniyus and shmad risks. Oh and this war is not even close to milchemes mitzvah duh
@shloime; Amolek came because רפו ידיהם מי התורה!
@yshivais…; defence of the land, yes; mix with girls, and anti-religious torah haters, NO!
I thought this is a yom tov of redemption, not just “bein hazmanim” that requires chizuk. Olam afuch, indeed.
Similar speeches were given on the eve of WW II. “Don’t be afrad, the One above will protect, let’s just keep going, no need to physically defend . Someone else will provide physical protection”
shloime – Moshe didn’t “study” Torah the way later scholars do. He didn’t learn from teachers, commentaries, or texts because there wasn’t any Torah written yet. Instead, he received it directly from God in full knowledge. The sages describe it as God teaching him in a way beyond ordinary human learning—he grasped everything instantly, including the law, the deeper meanings, and even future interpretations.
References:
Midrash in Shemot Rabbah 47:1 — teaches that God revealed to Moses not just the Written Torah but the Mishnah, Talmud, and Aggadah — “even what a student will ask his teacher” — at Sinai.
Talmud Menachot 29b — recounts Moshe seeing Rabbi Akiva’s teachings and being told those teachings are halacha le-Moshe mi-Sinai (laws given to Moses at Sinai).
The concept of Halacha le-Moshe mi‑Sinai — defined in rabbinic literature (cited in Talmud and halachic discussions) as laws with no written source but traced back to Moses at Sinai.
Pirkei Avot 1:1 — “Moshe received the Torah at Sinai and transmitted it …” — establishes the traditional chain of transmission from Moses downward.
Tanchuma and other Midrashic traditions — quoted in some sources asserting that Torah in heaven included things beyond the written text before it was given to Israel.