This broad historical account of the first chareidi school in the city of the forefathers -- Beer Sheva -- actually recounts the history of all chareidi Judaism in Eretz Hakodesh in the last fifty years: It has been and continues to be a struggle for the souls of the children. The drosho of Chazal: Ve'es amoleinu, eilu habonim, "And our toil, these are the children" -- can be understood in the most simple sense. How the gedolei Yisroel have struggled, both those of blessed memory and ylct"a the gedolim of today, how they carry on their shoulders the heavy burden of guarding the cruse of pure oil.

The following hesped for Shmuel Yoel Greenhaus, zt'l, a yeshiva student recently killed in a car accident near Kiryat Sefer, was given at the end of the shiva. This presentation is based on the notes of one of the listeners. It is an inspiring his'orerus for Elul and the new zman.