""They consecrated Rothschild Street at the time, because they were afraid that the cemetery would not be enough for all the fallen. These were miracles and wonders," said the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Yosef, at the festive ceremony to mark Jerusalem Day at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.
The rabbi told of the days of the shelling, when he sat with his father in a shelter adjacent to the Schneller camp. The Jordanians, who knew about the Schneller camp, directed their shelling toward the camp and the neighborhood. "In the building where we lived, Maran Ha-Ba sat together with his friend the rabbi Abba Shaul zt"l, and they studied Tractate Yevamot all night. The building was shelled, the whole building shook, and Father would say to the community: Let's continue studying for the benefit of the soldiers, for their benefit.".
The Rishon LeZion revealed that after the conquest of the Western Wall, he came with his father to the Western Wall on Shavuot, immediately after the liberation. "Father began to cry at the Western Wall. I, who was a young man, stood next to him and heard him crying and praying like this: 'Lord of the Worlds, give strength to our leaders to resist attempts not to return the territories.'.
""Maran HaAbba knew that a day would come when all kinds of groups would come, you know what I mean, the Geneva Initiative and so on, and he prayed that they would stand the test. We have a very great reason to say service and praise on this day. Blessed are you who continue the tradition and rejoice on this day and thank God Almighty for the miracles and wonders.".
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