President of the State Yitzhak Herzog arrived today (Wednesday) for a tour of the Haredi educational institutions in the city of Elad - on the occasion of the start of the school year.
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The President began his visit to the Talmud Torah 'Da'at Yosef', and from there he continued to visit the students of the Talmud Torah 'Stephensht' - with the highlight of the visit being the 'Torah Betferatha' yeshiva. The President concluded his visit to the city with a meeting with members of the council and department managers at the municipality.
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The President was welcomed at the Torah Talmud "Da'at Yosef" by third and fourth grade students singing the song "If Humans Could Feel the Sweetness and Assurance of the Torah." The President then held a discussion with eighth grade students about studying the Gemara. One of the students who participated in the meeting was Nehorai Gol, the son of Boaz Gol, one of the victims of the terrorist attack that occurred in El-Ad on Independence Day last year. At the end of the discussion, the President presented Nehorai with a book of Psalms in honor of his Bar Mitzvah celebration.
The President continued his visit to the Torah Talmud "Stephenshte". The President was welcomed by third and fourth grade students singing "Welcome in the name of the Lord, may length of days and years of life be added to you." The President then participated in a class for first grade students and congratulated them on the start of the school year.
After a discussion with the students, they excitedly sang together the song of exaltation for the month of Elul, which marks the return to Torah study: "I asked once... I have dwelt in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.".
Afterwards, the President visited the Torah Taberatha Yeshiva, which has about a thousand students from Israel and abroad.
In the bustling yeshiva hall, the president joined in the study of "Hebruta" in Tractate Baba Metzia on the issues of Chapter Two Ohazin, and discussed Gemara study with the yeshiva students. The president then met with the yeshiva's head, Rabbi Yaakov Stefansky, the spiritual director, Rabbi Noah Plai, the rabbinical team, and yeshiva director, Rabbi Yaakov Wierzbinsky.
The President of the State held a long and personal conversation with the heads of the yeshiva, where he expressed his strong impression of the diligence of the Torah and the effort of studying it, eternal values of the Jewish people whose great spirit shaped the path of his life.
At the end of the visits, the President met with the members of the Elad City Council and the managers of the departments in the municipality and said: "I love Elad very much, it is developing beautifully. The big picture that comes from the outside that it is a progressive city, moving forward. It has expanded my heart so much to visit the Torah studies today at the beginning of the month of Elul, to see the children in the institutions and the teachers. To visit the yeshiva hall and see the spirit of the Torah and the hard work that went into it. A great pleasure. I want them to be proud of your community and its great achievements, its impressive development. I wish you a fruitful and successful school year, a month of forgiveness and mercy that will bring forgiveness and mercy and answer our prayers for the better, so that we may see the coming year for the better, with grace, mercy, joy and peace."
Elad Mayor, Rabbi Israel Porush: "The President of the State, Mr. Yitzhak Herzog, honored us by choosing to open the school year at the Torah institutions in Elad. This is an important statement about the recognition of the importance of students in all institutions, both Haredi and Torah. The President accompanied and supported Elad in his previous positions, and we thank him for that. In all his positions, the President showed a very broad heart, for the hardship of families, for the well-being of the residents, and we were always moved by this. Today, we also saw the President's sympathy for Torah students, and his direct acquaintance with the Haredi way of life. We wish all the thousands of students in the city a successful and fruitful school year."
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