Grand Master Hirsch: "Those who are against us, who do not want to let us study, are adding more severity every day. But we are ready to give up our lives!""

Joseph Greenbaum
May 21, 2026   
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In honor of the holiday of Matan Torah: Rosh Yeshiva HaGerma Hirsch delivered moving remarks on Tuesday at the Hebron Givat Mordechai Yeshiva Hall, attended by thousands of young men and women.

During his remarks, the Rosh Yeshiva addressed the draft decree and the persecution of the Torah world.

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""Those who go against us, who do not want to let us learn, add and add every day more hardships and more hardships and more hardships, more and more difficult. More and more there is a surrender of soul. And on the contrary, by our strengthening and being ready to surrender our soul, for the sake of the Holy One, blessed be He, this will be the strength, this itself will succeed. And through this, the glory of the Holy One, blessed be He, is what will bring salvation.

""We need to know that there will be great trials here. Great trials, that the way to overcome the trial and withstand the trials is only by being willing to surrender our souls to the Holy One, blessed be He. By being truly ready to honor the Holy One, blessed be He, to surrender our souls to the Holy One, blessed be He.

""Only through this will we be able to receive the great heavenly help that comes from the Holy One, blessed be He, as in Moses our Rabbi. Not only did the Holy One, blessed be He, give the Torah, but he also merited the rays of glory of special heavenly help, a special closeness, by what we accept upon ourselves.".

Regarding receiving the Torah in general and shavuot in general, the honor of studying the Torah in particular is now that we need to take upon ourselves to be willing to surrender our souls to the need of God, to surrender our souls to the need that we remain in studying the Torah, God forbid, not to be tempted, but also not to be afraid, but not to be afraid either. To do what we need to do.

And through this, only through this, that the Holy One, blessed be He, will see that we are willing to give ourselves up for Him, that it will be this great, great honor of the Torah, that will bring the great heavenly help that we will be able to emerge from all the harms that exist now, that we will be able to return to studying in peace.".


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