Rabbi Edelstein and Rabbi Kanievsky: Even in our time, they rise up against us and want to uproot us

November 28, 2021   

Maran Rosh Ha-Yashiva, the Rabbi Edelstein, and Maran Harav Kanievsky published this evening (Saturday night) a letter of encouragement to yeshiva students - for studying Torah during the Hanukkah holiday. The vaccine for children aged 5-11 is recommended by doctors: a special response for parents It's unimaginable: injury, hunger, and thirst • So how should mice be caught? Everyone adopts one vaccinated person: Have you already convinced a friend, neighbor, or relative? The correspondence states: "During the reign of the wicked Greeks, the Greeks decreed that Israel should forget Your Torah and turn them away from the laws of Your will. And by the mercy of the Blessed One, Israel was saved, and by virtue of the miracle that happened to our ancestors in those days, we too, at this time, engage in Torah and fulfill the commandments." The Gracchi and the Girig add and write: "And behold, even in our time, they rise up against us and want to uproot and abolish everything that is holy and precious to Israel, and this is blasphemy against the Lord. Therefore, we are obligated to increase our rights and strengthen ourselves in all things that need strengthening, and to increase our respect for the Torah and its greatness, and not, God willing, on the contrary, which is blasphemy against the Lord. In particular, we must strengthen ourselves by diligently studying the Torah.".