The Ziv HaTorah Yarchei Kallah recently celebrated its
Barmitzvah year. Almost seventy people attended the three day
program at the Stenecourt Shul on the December Bank
Holiday.
HaRav Eliyohu Falk gave three shiurim on Makeh
BePatish -- making, assembling, and repairing an article
on Shabbos -- highlighting many contemporary applications.
HaRav Mordechai Steinberg of the Manchester Yeshiva Kollel
delivered four shiurim on maseches Shabbos perek
Bameh Madlikin, with outstanding clarity.
Rabbi Moshe Klarberg, Kashrus Director of the Manchester Beis
Din, explained the different levels of hechsherim that
are halachically acceptable. Rabbi Ephraim Hochhauser,
lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Torah, spoke on the sedrah.
HaRav Mendy Shein of Sunderland Kollel and part-time lecturer
at Beis Chaya Rochel Seminary spoke on the importance of
studying history. He said that we must be inspired by the
great heroes and heroines of our illustrious past, who have
made lofty goals more attainable by their own high
standards.
Rabbi Malcolm Herman, Program Director of Seed, spoke on the
unusual topic of the Shir shel Yom, explaining its
origin and significance.
Rabbi Dovid Roberts, Seed Lecturer and rov in Edgware, spoke
on "Chanukah and the Enigma of Jewish Survival." His message
was that when one lives for the community and not for
oneself, one becomes part of the community, and the community
is indestructible.
Rabbi Todros Miller, vice Principal of Gateshead Seminary,
spoke about "Waiting for Moshiach." He explained that man
must exert himself through prayer to aspire to heights in
knowledge of Torah totally beyond his intellectual capacity
and must yearn to fulfill even those commandments of the
Torah which currently do not devolve upon him. This is the
essence of yearning for the Moshiach.
