HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau delivered a chizzuk talk on Sunday, the start of Bein HaZemanim, at the Beis Hashem shul in Bnei Brak, with hundreds attending and thousands listening via live teleconference. At the end of the sichah, the Rosh Yeshivah instructed Bnei Yeshivos how to act upon receiving draft orders. “We’re in a very difficult situation as those who oppose us are persecuting the Olam HaTorah, doing things to harm Bnei Yeshivos and avreichim in order to harm Torah,” HaRav Landau said. “The duty and hishtadlus of each and every ben yeshivah and avreich is to act according to the published guideleines – not to report to induction centers, not to answer phone calls from the IDF, not to sign any military documents – not to relate to them at all and be very careful not to become known to the authorities. Everyone should be very careful not to go to the borders [i.e., airport] without prior coordination. Many violate this; they are very clever, but sometimes it’s better not to be so clever. Many things happen because of this [arrests].” “We’re in Galus, in a difficult Galus, and Hashem should help that in the zechus of limmud Torah…I’ve already spoken about this several times, that the only logical explanation for how we exist here…the Arabs should have flooded the land…it’s all in the zechus of limmud Torah.” “Hashem should help that all the gezeiros should be revoked in the zechus of limmud Torah. Hashem promised us “לא ימוש ספר התורה הזה מפיך והגית בו יומם ולילה למען תשמר לעשות ככל הכתוב בו כי אז תצליח את דרכך ואז תשכיל”. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)