On Simchas Torah, following the tefillah and hakofos, Reb Efraim accompanied his rebbe, the gaon HaRav Isser Zalman Meltzer, to eat the Yom Tov seudah together. After the seudah, a member of his family came to call him to join the hakofos in Yeshivas Chevron where the joyous dancing went on for several hours, unlike in Reb Isser Zalman's yeshivas Eitz Chaim where they were quite short.

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Opinion and Comment A Shmuess About Kabolas HaTorah for Parshas Yisro By HaRav Sholom Schwadron zt'l This shmuess was first published in the English language Yated Ne'eman of Eretz Yisroel in 5758. This is the first time it has appeared on the website. Hashem's Boundless Love and its Consequence To gain some idea of the meaning of kabolas haTorah, we need to examine the Torah's preface to that event, as conveyed to Moshe Rabbenu for him to repeat to bnei Yisroel (Shemos 19:3-6):

Opinion and Comment "So That Your Days Be Lengthened" by R' Yerachmiel Kram This article was first published in the English language Yated Ne'eman of Eretz Yisroel in 5758. This is the first time it has appeared on the website. As strange as it may seem, the commandment of kibbud av vo'eim is one of the most difficult challenges a person faces. Precisely this mitzva, whose importance and reward were so stressed -- as is brought in the Yerushalmi: "And the commandment which is most stringent of all is kibbud av vo'eim" -- is the first in a list of mitzvos which, we are told, a person performs and receives the reward of its peiros, while the principle remains intact for the World to Come. It is rewarded by long life, but it is very difficult to fulfill.