shlita,Three small Jewish communities made headlines just a few weeks ago when Rav Steinman selected them as the chosen destinations for a chizuk mission. In this rare feature, Rabbi Shlomo Gottesman, a member of the trip’s organizing committee, shares some of the conversations, impressions, and lessons he gleaned from his unique vantage point beside the gadol hador, who has made it his personal crusade to share his vision of Torah with nascent and blossoming communities around the world
“Ich vil furen (I want to travel) ” declared Rav Aharon Leib Steinman the nonagenarian European-born gadol hador whose opinions are the guiding light for Eretz Yisrael’s Torah community.
“But Rebbi” protested his talmidim “the doctor won’t allow it! It’s too grueling.”
“It’s not up to the doctor” replied Rav Steinman in his inimitable soft-spoken yet iron-willed manner. “It’s up to the Ribono shel Olam!. If He wants us to go nothing is too hard.”
Predictably enough Professor Weinberger the Rosh Yeshivah’s physician was dubious. “But ” he sighed “I know he won’t listen. Please just ask him not to overdo it!”
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