Many stars are already visible in the sky, but inside the hall, 'Reva Darwin', Time stopped, the clock stopped ticking. As if the world had stopped for a few moments.
And in one moment, the lights in the hall went out, and a thin silence was heard, and the Rosh Yeshiva began with the famous story, with a special melody that has been playing for 50 years.
""And so the overseer in Slobodka told... when he wanted to tell them a parable... about the immense capabilities of man.".
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I was privileged to be one of the students of the Rosh Ha-Yashiva, the Rabbi Ezrachi; I was privileged to get to know the 'Bnei Torah' camp from several angles over the years; I was privileged to experience these moments of glory again and again over the years - and last Shabbat evening, when I once again sat among hundreds of young men, from different yeshivahs and different streams, it was the feeling as if for the first time...
The introduction in which the Rosh Yeshivah dwells on the power inherent in each of the participants, on the abilities, on the difficulties, on the life mission of every soul that has come into this world, with the top of the scale of missions being the role of reviving souls, reviving each one's own soul, ensuring the fulfillment of one's destiny.
But the special thing is how the Rosh HaYeshiva, from the height of his age, from the height of his immense greatness, touches every boy, every young man and adult, every single person, at their own special point.
And so the hall fills with camp participants and all those many who live nearby, taking advantage of a rare opportunity to experience rare moments of power.
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And then when the call is heard, the cry of the Rosh Yeshiva: "Yitzhak Elchanan, left," one can feel the tears, the moment of decision-making, the feeling that it's time to stop and think, where am I, where are we, and how careful we must be not to become 'living tombstones,' lest P.N., as he put it, be engraved on our foreheads.
And after a while I will hear young men asking, 'What's next?', 'How do we continue?' - we must fulfill and not be afraid of difficulties.
And it doesn't matter what the decisions will ultimately be, but everyone in these moments stopped the race of life, stopped the world of imagination, and realized that there are rare moments, unrepeatable opportunities, that can make revolutions and take advantage of and fulfill aspirations.
And then the song "You embrace soul and body" bursts forth, and the Rosh Yeshiva cries out "Only you are the heartbeat of our lives" with tears that penetrate and melt all hearts, and then "You penetrate into its contents to plant life forever"...
The lights come on, and hundreds of young people embrace in dances and tears, "And do not take your love away from him.. from him forever.. from him forever.".
A stranger will not understand this.
• Rabbi Yisrael Abramovsky is the head of the Torah and Halacha Beit Midrash.'
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