After the assault against yeshivos, gedolim encounter an outpouring of support
Under leaden skies and a summer storm, Lakewood witnessed a historic outpouring of kavod haTorah with the arrival of leading roshei yeshivah on an urgent trip to rescue Eretz Yisrael’s Torah world.
On Sunday night, a crowd of thousands gathered in Beis Medrash Govoha’s parking lot to honor Slabodka roshei yeshivah Rav Dov Landau and Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, Rav Yaakov Hillel, Rav Don Segal, the Rachmistrivka Rebbe, and Rav Avraham Salim.
Under the awning hastily constricted over the dais as the storm approached, Lakewood rosh yeshivah Rav Malkiel Kotler opened the event speaking in pain about the hostile actions taken by Israel’s judges against the country’s yeshivos.
A stir ran around the giant crowd as Rav Dov Landau began to slowly read his address, first in litvish-accented Lashon Hakodesh, then translating to Yiddish.
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