On Thursday night 29 Kislev, a chizuk rally and
Chanukah celebration for the Sephardic Marbitzei Torah was
held in Jerusalem. The occasion was attended by HaRav Shmuel
Auerbach of Maalos HaTorah, the heads of the Marbitzei Torah
organization, roshei yeshiva and hundreds of bnei
Torah.
HaRav Betzalel Pinchasi, the rosh yeshiva of Bircas
Ephraim, opened the event. He passed on the greetings of
HaRav Aharon Leib Steinman, who blessed all those in
attendance, and expressed the hope that the rally would
strengthen the Torah and the yiras Shomayim of all
present.
HaRav Dov Tzvi Karelenstein, the rosh yeshiva of the
Grodno yeshiva, began his speech by saying: "A revolution has
occurred in the chareidi sector in Eretz Hakodesh, which has
been promoted by the gedolei haTorah. The Torah world
in Eretz Yisroel began to flourish on the merit of the
Ponevezher Rav zt'l, and bnei yeshiva from
Sephardic backgrounds who came to our yeshiva. Whoever looks
at the current situation sees that we aren't exaggerating. We
have much to learn from Sephardic bnei Torah, and
boruch Hashem for that. I pray that the remarkable
unity between the bnei yeshiva of Marbitzei haTorah
and those of Ashkenazic descent continues blossoming and
solidifying the Torah world, and bein odom lechavero.
The remarkable unity we see will spread as will
kedusha. We must foster such unity, because the world
needs it.
"We must not suffer illusory barriers. We are all bnei
Torah with pure hashkofos. Unity can only be
fostered with those who have pure outlooks, passed down from
generation to generation. We must unite under the authority
of the gedolei Yisroel, in the very same manner and
the according to the very some approach, together, with one
heart, and that will be a chizuk for all of us. I have
seen that much spiritual strengthening has resulted from
collective toil in Torah. Unity is achieved through joint
toil in Torah, through study and through the joint battle
against the yetzer. Let us eliminate the meaningless
barriers. This is the function of the Marbitzei Torah
organization. Seated here are roshei yeshiva, and
there is a genuine Torah atmosphere, a genuine atmosphere of
omeil beTorah."
