Friday, July 25, 2025

Only Through the Strength of Torah

H/t Sherry


One of the conditions during the time immediately before Moshiach is that the pious will be despised. 


HaGaon HaRav Povarsky On Draft Law Crisis: “This Is The Only Thing You Need To Keep In Mind”


HaGaon HaRav Baruch Dov Povarsky. (Photo: Elazer Feinstein)


Rosh Yeshivah Ponevezh HaGaon HaRav Berel Povarsky published a letter of chizuk to bnei yeshivos via the Va’ad Hayeshivos on Wednesday evening.

“To the beloved and dear bnei yeshivos,” the letter begins. “Words are superfluous regarding your preciousness and virtues. All the koach of Klal Yisrael and its successes are only through the koach haTorah.” 

“But unfortunately, the wicked government behaves with complete disregard for this, and out of unrestrained hatred, the hatred of the ignorant and wicked towards Talmidei Chachamim and Bnei Torah, they declare lomdei Torah as criminals and evaders, rachmana litzlan—when the opposite is true, and those who have no part in the Torah are the evaders and destroyers of our existence.” 

The Rosh Yeshivah also called on bnei yeshivos not to be drawn into debates with the public over the draft issue. “It is not our job to negotiate with them and discuss their vanities,” he wrote. “We only need to remember the second bracha in the Shema of Maariv, that the love of Hakadosh Baruch Hu for Yisrael stems from the koach of Ahavas Torah and engaging in it day and night, and to believe in this with complete faith—that His love will never depart from us.” 

“And no one will have the power to cause us pain or harm us, chas v’chalilah, because we’re the loved ones of the One who loves us with a great and everlasting love,” the Rosh Yeshivah concluded.

4 comments:

  1. I agree. There is no point in debating. I also disagree with these secular, leftist tactics of blocking streets and highways, which interferes with people's right of passage. They create more hate and anger. I don't understand why the rebbes are not instructing the bochorim to sit in yeshiva, recite Tehillim, and cry out to HKBH for help. This tactic of rioting and going to the Christians for help is the exact opposite of what our Torah teaches and not what Hashem wants. I don't understand how we've gotten everything so backwards.

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  2. Thank you for posting this! May we see Moshiach this Tisha B'Av or sooner!

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  3. Uh...on Moshiach sites, there is talk about everything (Iran, draft laws, evil medina, Trump, trafficking, hostage situation, and more).

    Yet there's zero discussion or caring about the plight of the elderly and disabled who are literally hostages inside nursing homes. Nobody cares about the abuse and neglect they endure. The Germans experimented first on their geriatrics and disabled. Did you know that the disabled were the guinea pig "models" toward the Nazi's future experiment with concentration camps?

    There seem to be plenty of shiurim such as "should you put parents in nursing homes" - but i can't find ANY shiurim that scream:

    "Send Moshiach to stop the neglect, exploitation and abuse of ALL disabled living creatures, who are at the mercy of uncaring others!"

    That's why this is an olam hasheker. Because if this would be a world dedicated to truth, then publicity would be apportioned correlated to the ratio of suffering that's being endured in this world. Accordingly, more than 50-percent of shiurim would be dedicated to that reason for Moshiach to come.

    My challenge to anyone reading this:
    Can you point me to even ONE shiur on the below topic??
    "Send Moshiach to stop the neglect, exploitation and abuse of ALL disabled living creatures, who are at the mercy of uncaring others!"

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  4. Agree with Gavriela Devorah, It's a sin to get help from the
    goyim. This is something that H' detests. I'm surprised that
    those studying in yeshivot and rabbanim don't seem to grasp
    such a basic mesorah. I understand their frustration, but they
    just have to realize that the medina is controlled by the Erev
    Rav in alliance with the umot!
    Better to sit enmasse in prison than trying to fight them.
    We pray that soon our geulah will come and an end to our
    tzarot.

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