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NEWS
Repeat Warning Against All Cell Phone Use by Yeshiva
Students
By Betzalel Kahn
With the start of the summer zman at the yeshivas, the
letter by gedolei Yisroel warning yeshiva students not
to possess cell phones, including the new kosher models, was
publicized again.
Signed by Maran HaRav Eliashiv, HaRav Shteinman, HaRav
Lefkowitz and HaRav Wosner, shlita, the letter reads,
"We hereby issue a request and warning that whoever bears the
appellation `talmid yeshiva' refrain from possessing
any cellular device, including the new device, and may each
individual merit having only Torah study his portion and
merit exceptional siyata deShmaya in ruchniyus
and gashmiyus."
The letter was first sent to roshei yeshivos a few weeks ago
and is now being re-publicized at the request of maranan
verabonon to call attention to the severity of the
matter.
Roshei yeshivos and educators asked to remind talmidim
that Maran HaRav Eliashiv said that one of the great
foundations of a ben yeshiva is total imperviousness
to the vanities of This World and that a yeshiva student who
has a cell phone, choliloh, is unworthy of being
called a "ben yeshiva."
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