הגר”מ שטרנבוך בקצירת חיטיםצילום: דוד ארזני
 
הגר”מ שטרנבוך בקצירת חיטיםצילום: דוד ארזני
 

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By Avi Shiff
How could it top last year’s event?
That was the question on everyone’s mind. After all, the first Adirei HaTorah asifa one year ago was an extraordinary maamad that left all attendees deeply inspired. What would the second time be like?
As it turned out, the Adirei HaTorah asifa last night turned out to be just as extraordinary, if not more so, than last year.
25,000+, people came out strong, united, and with one goal: to proclaim the glory of our nation’s yungeleit, the Adirei HaTorah.
It was an incredible, truly exceptional event in every way.

The highly anticipated Adirei Hatorah event of Bais Medrash Govoah will take place todayat Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia.
Two of the special guests at the event will be Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman, rosh yeshivas Rashbi in Bnei Brak, and Rav Dov Landau, rosh yeshivas Slabodka in Bnei Brak.
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Omer Bar Lev, the head of Angel Bakery’s board, and Yaron Angel, one of the bakery’s owners, took a significant step on Sunday by going to be menachem avel the children of Maran Rav Gershon Edelstein to express their apologies.
The shivah visit came after a series of events involving Bar Lev and his engagement in radical leftwing politics, including a protest against chareidim at the home of Rav Gershon in Bnei Brak.
Bar Lev was appointed to the bakery’s board after his unsuccessful career as a politician and minister in the Labor party.

A handwritten cross-out of Maran Rav Gershon Edelstein zt”l has come to light: He crossed out words on the cover of his copy of the sefer “Asifas Shmuos” containing his shmuessen published by his talmid Rav Yisrael Cohen.
In his humility, Rav Gershon crossed out the titles that were written on it, both the title “Maran” and the title “Rosh HaYeshiva.”
The original wording on the sefer cover was:
ליקוטי דברים בהלכה ובאגדה מתורתו ומשנתו של רבנו ראש הישיבה מרן הגאון רבי ירחמיאל גרשון אדלשטיין שליט”א.”
Rav Gersיon crossed out the words “Likלutei,” “Toraso umishnaso,” “Rosh HaYeshiva,” and “Maran.”

Everything through the eyes of halacha: Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman, Rosh Yeshivas Rashbi, was visited by Rav SImcha Bunim Cohen, rov of Khal Ateres Yeshaya in Lakewood, NJ, who penned a psak permitting Rav Bergman to attend tomorrow’s Adirei Hatorah event despite sitting shivah for his son.
As first reported on Matzav Status, Rav Bergman will address the Adirei HaTorah event this Sunday at Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia despite recent events.
This pastw eek, after the tragic and untimely petirah of Rav Meir Tzvi’s son, Rav Ezriel Bergman zt”l, at the age of 70, rumors spread that Rav Meir Tzvi would not attend the Adirei HaTorah event. These reports were unfounded.

Rabbi Aaron Brafman was the much-beloved and revered menahel of Yeshiva of Far Rockaway. He was also a respected author and a dedicated askan. But more: He was a man who loved every Jew, who saw potential where others saw failure. In the words of a talmid, he was a man “who lived and breathed Klal Yisrael; whose days were filled with Torah and maasim tovim … and most of all, who epitomized the term ‘rebbi.’” [Purchase the new volume HERE.]
In the first interview, the author of Rabbi Brafman’s biography, Rabbi Shimon Finkelman, gives us a glimpse into the life of this extraordinary man.
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