LONG READS → THE MOMENT Issue 867 · June 30, 2021

Living Higher: An Impressive Visit

The Rosh Yeshivah asked a single question to the roshei kollel

Living Higher: An Impressive Visit

What impressed the visiting rosh yeshivah (a son of Rav Moshe Soloveitchik ztz”l of Switzerland) wasn’t just the caliber of yungeleit, each of whom took a bechinah on 200 blatt Gemara in order to be accepted, but also the physical space — including a day center in the kollel complex where yungeleit can drop off their children for the day, and a dormitory area where the avreichim can rest bein hasedorim — and the schedule, with kollel members learning whole masechtos, and seder nearly every day of the year, fast days included.

Before his derashah, the Rosh Yeshivah asked a single question to the roshei kollel. Could he, he wondered, also be accepted and merit being one of the avreichim in such a kollel?

(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 867)

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