"We can only laud and thank Hashem for this"
‘In Russia,’ Reb Mendel commented, ‘we also had police joining us when we went to do mitzvos, but they were behind us, trying to intimidate and catch us. Here, the police are in front of us, clearing the way.’
“Rabboisai, just half a year ago, we had police circulating in this neighborhood, outside our shuls, harassing people if they came to daven, and now those same police closed off the road for us to dance. We can only laud and thank Hashem for this.”
RAV YAAKOV ELIYAHU UNSDORFER, rav of Mesivta Reishis Chochma in Montreal, addressing a Hachnassas Sefer Torah last week
(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 877)
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