Rav Tzvi Kushelefsky, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Heichal HaTorah, is a one-man chizuk and bitachon force, making his way across American communities, inspiring by his mere presence, bringing smiles and joy to all privileged to meet the senior rosh yeshiva and new father.
Rav Kushelefsky, age 88, famously recently celebrated the birth of his first child, a son, a simcha that brought joy to Jewish communities the world over.
Rav Kushelefsky is seen below speaking at the Lutzk Bais Medrash in Lakewood, at Bais Medrash Ohr Hachaim in Monsey, and at last night’s Nshei Adirei Hatorah event in Lakewood. Videos courtesy of Sparks of Nation.
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Rav Gershon Ribner, rosh kollel of Kollel Nesivos Hatorah, reflects on the Maamad Adirei Hatorah held Sunday night at Wells Fargo Center, commenting on, among other things, Rav Ephraim Wachsman’s assurance that people who support Torah would merit ashirus. He also questions the loose use of the terms “Adirei Hatorah,” “Arzei Halevanon,” et al, phrases utilized to describe the Asarah Harugei Malchus.
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By Avi Shiff
[Full video replay below.] Sunday night, Wells Fargo Center was host to the third Adirei HaTorah asifa in support of the yungeleit of Lakewood’s Bais Medrash Govoah.
25,000+ people came out strong, united, and with one goal: to proclaim the glory of our nation’s yungeleit, the Adirei HaTorah.
Buses and cars pulled up from across the tri-state area, transporting thousands to the event at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. People came from around the country and beyond.

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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rebbetzin Rochel Leah Shapiro a”h, wife of Rav Dovid Yitzchok Shapiro, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Be’er Yaakov. She was 71 and passed away at Maayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak after a prolonged illness.
The rebbetzin was the daughter-in-law of Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, rosh yeshiva of Be’er Yaakov, who was a great-grandson of the Netziv of Volozhin and a nephew of the Brisker Rov.

The family of Yisroel Yudkin Hy”d, a charedi soldier who perished in Gaza, will visit his grave this week at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl to erect his tombstone.
Amidst their grief, the family has made an appeal to the Ministry of Defense. According to his brother Dubi, who commands a company of 93 soldiers, the Ministry of Defense has denied their request to inscribe the words ‘Hashem yikom domov – God shall revenge his blood’ on his tombstone.
“It is greatly disturbing us as a family that on Thursday, we must submit the wording of the headstone to the Ministry of Defense and my mother has asked that the words ‘God shall revenge his blood’ be written on his tombstone,” Dubi explained in an interview with Channel 14.

Divrei hashkafah from Rav Gershon Ribner, rosh kollel of Kollel Nesivos Hatorah, on negative feelings about the Adirei Hatorah event.
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A group of senior gedolei Torah from Eretz Yisroel is set to travel to the United States to raise funds for “Keren LeMa’an Olam HaTorah,” an initiative to raise $100 million for yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel.
The group will include Maran Rav Dov Landau, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Salbodka; the senior mashgiach Rav Don Segal; Rav Yaakov Hillel, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Ahavat Shalom; and the Rachmastrivka Rebbe.
They are slated to arrive in the United States on Sunday.
They will join Maran Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Salbodka, who is already in the U.S., to spearhead this mission.
{Matzav.com Israel}

By Avi Shiff
[Full video replay below.] Sunday night, Wells Fargo Center was host to the third Adirei HaTorah asifa in support of the yungeleit of Lakewood’s Bais Medrash Govoah.
25,000+ people came out strong, united, and with one goal: to proclaim the glory of our nation’s yungeleit, the Adirei HaTorah.
Buses and cars pulled up from across the tri-state area, transporting thousands to the event at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. People came from around the country and beyond.

The Chairman of United Torah Judaism, Minister Yitzchok Goldknopf, addressed the issue of charedi enlistment in the army on Sunday evening, asserting that the IDF lacks genuine interest in integrating charedim.
“The charedim are in the forefront, yet they still fail to grasp why we emphasize our adherence to Torah. Without Torah, I wonder where we would be today,” he remarked during an event commemorating Bnei Brak’s centennial.
Expressing concern, he questioned, “Who will defend us? Why do we witness tweets like Chaim Ramon’s, claiming 4,000 charedim sought to enlist this year, yet 3,300 were rejected? If you don’t want or need us, why persist in undermining us?”