A city whose Torah glory was long in the past and had become a mussar byword for decadence, finds itself once again on the Torah map
Underway were the last preparations for the signature blend of Torah inspiration and musical extravaganza with which Dirshu marks events like the global siyum of the three-year Mishnah Berurah cycle.
Accents apart — and a certain resonance that comes from being only miles from where Baalei HaTosafos such as Rabbeinu Yechiel of Paris lived — the identikit venue could have been anywhere from South Africa to New Jersey.
And yet, as Mir Rosh Yeshivah Rav Yitzchak Ezrachi finished his keynote address with a signature roar of “Only Torah!” and a cross section of Paris Jews erupted in singing, the event had a unique subtext.
That’s because a French revolution is underway. A city whose Torah glory was long in the past and had become a mussar byword for decadence, finds itself once again on the Torah map.
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