A rare video was revealed on social media documenting the arrival of the great men of Israel, led by the founder of the Chafetz Chaim, zt"l, to the first large church of Agudat Israel, which was attended by great Torah scholars, rebbes and rabbis from all over Europe, alongside public figures and prominent activists.
The historic church was built in the city of Vienna, Austria, in the month of Elul 1943, after being postponed from the original plan with the outbreak of World War I.
Among those who attended the entrance were the Baal Chafetz Chaim, the Rebbe of Gur, the Rebbe of the Amir Emet, the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Gruzinsky of Vilna, the Rebbe of Chortkov, the Rebbe of Bayan, the Rebbe of Sedigora, the Rebbe of Sokolov, the Rebbe ofSuchchatov, the great Rabbi Menachem Zamba, The Rebbe of Slonim, the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Sofer from Pressburg, the Gaon Rabbi Meir Shapira from Lublin, the Gaon Yehuda Leib Tzirelson from Chisinau, the Gaon Rabbi Kalman Weber From Fishchan, and more.
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The opening speech was delivered by the late Chafetz Chaim, and during the discussions of that large church, the regulation of the Gaon Rabbi Meir Shapira for the study of the 'Daf Yomi' was accepted.
Watch the rare video.
