If it weren't for the timing of the letter's publication, it might not have been of interest to the general public, except for thousands of graduates of the Kol Yaakov Yeshiva. But publishing a letter concerning 'bringing together distant people' close to the date of the Lev La'achim organization's conference, which is being held tonight at the 'Armonot Chen' halls in Bnei Brak, certainly made the letter interesting.
In a letter addressed to the graduates of the Kol Yaakov Yeshiva, signed by the yeshiva's head, Rabbi Yehuda Adas, he writes that "the day after the alumni conference in Jerusalem, which took place on the 10th of March, Parashat Ki Tisha, it became clear to me that there was a lack of clarity among the Abrahim on all issues related to bringing distant relatives together.".
The parsha that Tisha Challah is in the month of Adar 1, in the middle of the month, but the letter was published now, after Passover.
""I will try to define in brief words the conclusion of the matter from a practical perspective. If a young man who has reached his thirties dedicates an hour a week to establishing a lesson for homeowners living in his vicinity, and the aim is to teach a page of Gemara in depth, to speak about the approach to life not superficially, but in the depth that the young man himself lives and is in. Let me say, a young young man should not engage in bringing distant people closer, but only young men who have reached their thirties.
Another thing, bringing the distant closer in the sense of going to the homes of people who are not observant of Torah and mitzvot, seems to carry a great risk of spiritual decline, and in my opinion, even the initiative to establish telephone contact with secular people is not positive at all.".
Since "reaching out to the homes of people who are not observant of Torah and mitzvot" and "the initiative to establish telephone contact" are part of the approach of 'Heart for Brothers', some claim that the letter was published at a deliberate time, on the eve of their big gathering.
Rabbi Adas is a member of the Council of Torah Elders of Degel HaTorah. Following the Lithuanian dispute, he sent a letter to Rabbi Steinman announcing his resignation. Before the last meeting of the Council of Torah Elders, Rabbi Steinman sent him a message, by special emissary, that he did not accept his resignation - and therefore participated in the meeting.
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