The weight that must be given to the words of a gadol baTorah
Once again, the gedolei haTorah from Eretz Yisrael arrived on American shores. Rav Dovid Cohen, Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsh, Rav Don Segal, Rav Yaakov Hillel, Rav Avraham Salim, and Rav Shimon Galai visited multiple communities in the United States, Canada, and South America in an effort to raise funds for Eretz Yisrael’s yeshivos.
One of the gatherings in honor of the gedolim and their mission took place in the Woodmere home of Reb Yisroel Chafetz. Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky and his son, Rav Sholom Kamenetsky, came to pay their respects as well.
Rav Sholom spoke, and in his usual manner, shared brilliant insights and divrei chizuk. In his final remarks, he said, “I asked my father, what is the tachlis here? What is the ultimate objective of Klal Yisrael? My father answered, ‘Yerushalayim darf hubben a kiyum — Yerushalayim must have continuity.’ ”
Rav Sholom then questioned this wording. “What does this mean? Why Yerushalayim? Isn’t this a problem facing all of Eretz Yisrael?”
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