Although it took more than four decades, those words spoken from his heart finally entered my heart
I can still hear his voice loud and strong as he led the yeshivah in singing Maoz Tzur on Chanukah.
Friday, 7 Adar Alef, marks the 29th yahrtzeit of Rav Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht ztz”l, the rosh yeshivah of Kerem B’Yavneh.
Rav Goldvicht, a talmid of Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Brisker Rav, and the Chazon Ish, was chosen to lead Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh from its inception in 1954. Under his leadership, the yeshivah grew from a handful of talmidim into an institution housing hundreds of bochurim and a large kollel.
I had the privilege of learning Torah from him in the late 1970s. When I think back 45 years, one incident in particular remains etched in my mind.
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