A unique moment occurred during the opening shiur of the yeshivas bein hazmanim program in Ashkelon, delivered by the Ateres Shlomo rosh yeshiva HaGaon Rav Chaim Feinstein to all the local yeshiva bochurim gathered from the various branches across the city.
Rav Feinstein, who made a rare visit to Ashkelon to inaugurate the day for the hundreds of organizers of Igud Bnei HaYeshivos, first delivered words of chiuzk to the program leaders. He then proceeded to the central bais medrash, Orah Shel Torah, where dozens of yeshiva bochurim participating in the bein hazmanim program had gathered for the opening shiur.
Upon entering the beis medrash and seeing that the program included the learning of a sugya d’kallah—a unified topic of study learned by all the bochurim—Rav Feinstein expressed his admiration for the effort and noted that although he had initially intended to speak on a different sugya, he would deviate from his original plan and, on the spot, instead delivered a shiur on the sugya d’kallah, focusing specifically on the halachos of haseibah, reclining at the Seder.
Following the shiur, Rav Feinstein offered words of chizuk and hachanah ahead of Pesach. He praised the inspiring sight of so many bochurim immersed in their learning even during bein hazmanim. He encouraged them to write and develop their own Torah insights during this time and to consider publishing a collective sefer of their writings at the end of bein hazmanim.
{Matzav.com Israel}