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The Jewish Home | JULY 21, 2022 Around the Community

Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns Kollel Reception

Photos by Naftoli Goldgrab

One Israel Fund’s West Hempstead BBQ

Last Wednesday, the fifth grade talmidim of Rabbi Stein’s class at Siach Yitzchok visited their Rebbe’s Rebbe, Harav Shimon Alster, shlit”a, in Cliffwood, NJ.

The boys were farhered on all different parts of the Gemara they learned this past year. The Rosh Yeshiva was most impressed with the fluency the boys had in the Gemara, even from what they had learned earlier in the year. They must really do lots of chazara.

A special thank you to Rabbi Stein’s brother, Nosson, who is also a talmid of Rav Alster, for chaperoning the boys.

Summer means lots of things to different people, but to One Israel Fund, it has always meant great food, outstanding wines from Israel, and a lot of fun seeing old friends and making new ones.

This past week, we kicked off our summer with the incredibly attended West Hempstead BBQ and Israeli Wine Tasting event. Over 170 people came out and helped raise funds to support the pioneer families living throughout Judea and Samaria.

Keep on the lookout for upcoming events in your community or contact the One Israel Fund offices – 516-2399202 – if you’d like to spearhead an event in your town.

“Devorah’s Hope” Promises a Fascinating Revelation Starting July 27

Who was Devorah Mostovicz? Why is her Holocaust history so compelling? What is her lasting legacy and why does that legacy have significant relevance today?

On Wednesday evening, July 27, the date of Project Witness’ premiere showing of “Devorah’s Hope,” you will learn the answers to these questions and more. The premiere viewing of this powerful masterpiece will take place at the Florence Gould Hall in New York City on July 27 and will be followed by numerous local showings during the Nine Days. Dates and locations will be announced shortly.

“Devorah’s Hope” differs from past Project Witness events because it is a docudrama, combining the strength of a documentary film with numerous dramatic scenes filmed on location in Poland by film producer Gi Orman of Big Productions, especially for this presentation. Mrs. Ruth Lichtenstein, the founder and director of Project Witness, using her exhaustive knowledge of the events, planned and directed “Devorah’s Hope,” while Mr. Orman spent several weeks at a time in Poland using a cast of skilled actors to bring this gripping drama to life in a truly authentic fashion. From the richly expressive stills that resulted from the filming process, one can begin to visualize the intensity of the drama and the clear manifestations of the evil role that some of the characters played in the Mostovicz family tragedy, counterbalanced by the innate goodness of many of the major characters who helped Devorah during her lonely saga.

Devorah Mostovicz survived. How did that happen when so many millions of her brethren and almost all of her immediate family did not? How did she spend 5 years of Nazi occupation, hunted, yet invisible? Who helped her? Who refused to help her? Who are her descendants today and how have they gifted the Jewish world beyond normal expectations?

These questions are all answered in the enthralling drama that has been prepared for faithful Project Witness audiences. Project Witness aficionados have unfailingly attended production after production during the Nine Days for almost a decade and have never been disappointed. In “Devorah’s Hope,” they will certainly find a drama that will move them deeply. Without a doubt, the use of professional actors and the weaving in of original backdrops have conspired to give this production a profoundly emotional and authentic aspect that earns it a rightful and honorable position among the array of past Project Witness productions, all of which have always garnered warm praise.

Please plan your Nine Day activities around “Devorah’s Hope.” You will be glad you did. After the premiere on July 27 at Florence Gould Hall in New York City, there will be multiple local showings. Locations and times will be announced soon.

Rav Dov Kenig delivering shiur Rabbeim and talmidim walking after shiur

Photos by Aryeh Leib Abrams

Rav Dovid Bender learning with a bachur

Rav Shlomo Avigdor Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva, in discussion with talmidim after his shiur

Rav Shimon Dov Notis engaged in rischa d’Oraysa with talmidim Rav Shlomo Avigdor Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva, in discussion with talmidim after his shiur

Around the Community Sulitza Bais Hamedrash’s Uplifting Trip to Eretz Yisroel with the Rebbe, shlita, for the Yahrtzeit of the Previous Sulitza Rebbe, zt”l

At Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors meeting in Jerusalem last week. Left to right: Yaakov Hagoel, chairman of WZO World Zionist Organization; Mark Wilf, newly elected chairman of the board, JAFI, Jewish Agency for Israel; Doron Almog, newly elected chairman of the executive of JAFI; Steve Rosedale, member of board of governors of JAFI on behalf of Eretz Hakodesh; and Rabbi Pesach Lerner, chairman of Eretz Hakodesh and member of board of governors of JAFI

Emet Couples Enjoy Culinary Date Night

Cooking dinner as a couple became a memorable date night when Emet Outreach’s Couple’s Division hosted an enticing class at Apron Masters in Woodmere. Over a three-hour period, twelve couples and some eager Emet staff learned to prepare a threecourse meal. “It was our first time offering such an exciting event for couples,” said Shay Yonaiev, Couples Director. “We love providing interactive workshops with useful tips, but cooking gourmet food together took it to another level. The staff at Apron Masters made it easy for us to follow along and feel accomplished.”

In the state-of-the-art kitchen, participants prepared a menu that included spring rolls for an appetizer, fettuccine alfredo with homemade pasta for the main, and a molten lava cake for a decadent dessert. After the hands-on instruction, couples headed to the dining area to enjoy their delicacies as well as each other’s company. Rabbi Mordechai Kraft, Emet Co-Founder and Educational Director, gave a moving lecture about the importance of showing gratitude and appreciation to one’s spouse. There was a feeling of warmth and positivity among the group.

Participants shared rave reviews.

“Emet’s cooking event was full of love, good food, and inspiration,” said Yosef and Rebecca Chafizov. “It was amazing to bond with each other while cooking a three-course meal.”

Rafael and Tova Kurayev added, “It was a fun interactive experience to connect while learning to cook together. We had a blast and would love to attend more events like this in the future.”

The best perk of the evening was that everyone left with recipes, and no one had to clean up!

“Supporting our young married couples is one of our primary goals at Emet,” said Mrs. Rivka Muskat, associate director. “A fun event like this deepens their connection with one another as well as with the Emet staff. We look forward to sharing the next event.” For further information about Emet programs visit EmetOutreach.org, and to experience Emet’s comprehensive video library of Torah lectures visit EmetTorah.com.

Avnet’s Jack Tarzik Crazy Hat Day

Campers showcased their style and spirit at Avnet’s annual “Jack Tarzik Crazy Hat Day” this week. Each group selected a theme and then got to work crafting hats to display on a musical march around the gym. The results included a dazzling array of designs as campers were transformed into cartoon characters, emojis, stars, sports, and even the Hedbanz game. The children were eager to not only model their creations but to applaud their friends as well.

“Crazy Hat Day is always one of the highlights of the Avnet experience,” said director Daniel Stroock. “We dedicated it in memory of our previous director Jack Tarzik, a”h, because it was his favorite day and he exemplified fun and spread so much joy.”

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Recently, there is a huge demand for counseling in our community and especially for children and young adults.

It’s not easy being a child today. Worrisome news reaches even the youngest among us, and children feel and internalize whatever is on the minds of the adults around them.

The challenge is: Who has the problem? The parents or the child?

One of the biggest challenges in therapy is treating someone that’s not interested in therapy sessions. And with children it is even much more difficult. One of the only ways to get them to sessions is engaging them in an exciting activity.

Recently, Triangles method has made some news and is becoming very popular.

Creative, playful mental health tele-sessions proven to be very effective & bringing real change in children.

Here is what Avi, Triangle’s Group Director, explains: “Triangle’s digital/phone care brings together the brightest minds and the best tools in the therapeutic community, serving your family right where you live.”

Covered by insurance.

Coveted by families.

Twice per week, your child will be engaged in a joyful group setting by phone or Zoom.

Always starts with crafts.

Group crafts lead to personal and interpersonal therapeutic opportunities for each child.

Proven behavior intervention.

Skills include communication, confidence, avoiding triggers, keeping calm, and more.

Small groups of around 12 children per group.

We find this group size ideal to teach children long-lasting emotion regulation skills.

Led by licensed clinicians.

Every session is run by a social worker and/or therapist using evidence-based modalities.

Fun participation incentives.

Engagement and responses earn points, and every session includes a gift card drawing.

Here is what parents are saying:

“The change is real! Our entire home is a happier place.”

“As a busy parent, it’s a blessing not to have to drive to therapy.”

Or my child asked me yesterday, “When is therapy again?” Our slogan is: Shaping Healthy Minds™

When group reflects life, new skills come alive.

Your child’s challenges are most evident when in a crowd. While one-on-one therapy helps, the in-group environment focuses on issues in the same setting in which they usually occur.

As a company, we are focused on improving the mental wellness of our youth by returning the interactive, play-based routines that are so fundamental to a healthy childhood.

I asked Avi how to get started with Triangle and what’s the typical process. 1) Child Interview: One of our compassionate clinicians speaks with you/child to learn which provider and group will serve their individual needs best. 2) Craft Delivery: Before every group, our hand selected box of skills-based crafts arrives at your doorstep, designed for use during the week’s upcoming sessions. 3) Therapy Sessions: Twice per week, we host small group sessions that combine the best of playtime, focused care, and ingroup learning targeted to each child.

North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) Designates “Dr. Paul Brody Megillah Readers Program”

The NSHA Middle School Megillah Readers Program, initiated two decades ago by Dr. Paul Brody, was named in his honor – as was a recently purchased beautiful Megillah to be used by each student reader on Purim day – by Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Kobrin, Rosh HaYeshiva and Head of School, at the Middle School Graduation Exercises, held at the GNS Main Sanctuary, on June 15, 2022.

Dr. Brody, a dermatologist by profession, has instructed approximately 400 students – both Ashkenazi and Sephardi – beginning with only eight students in 2002. This year’s group included 35 students out of 39 eighth graders and 2 seventh graders.

As a result of Dr. Brody’s initiative, the entire NSHA Middle School participates in a student-led Megillah reading, attended by their parents, grandparents, siblings and faculty, on Purim day, even when it falls on a Sunday. The model he created can serve as a paradigm for other Jewish day schools and yeshivot.

Dr. Brody himself has lained the Megillah for 50 years, including 28 years at the Great Neck Synagogue. He first read it in 1993, at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, under the tutelage of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, zt”l, after learning the Nusach at Yeshiva University’s Cantorial Training Institute (now the famed Belz School of Jewish Music).

In 1985, while smuggling Judaica to Jewish “refuseniks,” he read the Megillah illegally at the Great Synagogue of Leningrad, at great peril. The Gabbaim were reputed to be KGB agents. “Better read than dead,” he figured.

A detailed Proclamation declaring June 15th as “Dr. Paul Brody Megillah Readers Day,” in “fitting recognition and heartfelt appreciation for the dedicated service of Dr. Paul Brody to the residents of Nassau County” was issued by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli also issued a Proclamation lauding Dr. Brody’s accomplishments.

We’re O.K.A.Y. and Still Going Strong at the Gural JCC

From July 10 to 15, a group of Holocaust survivors – most of whom live under the poverty line in Brooklyn – traveled up north to the Catskills for their first vacation in years.

The Blue Card provided 40 Holocaust survivors and their spouses with the opportunity to get away from the trials and tribulations of their daily lives to experience the open air. Each day, participants interacted with one another, baked challah bread, went swimming, exercised, performed aerobics, participated in arts and crafts projects and more.

The Hudson Valley Resort and Spa hosted the Holocaust survivors who are mutual beneficiaries of The Blue Card and Nachas Health Net in Brooklyn, catering to all of their needs throughout the week.

“There is nothing more beautiful than seeing the smiles on the faces of so many survivors who have been through so much in life,” Milana Hazan, associate executive director of The Blue Card, said. “The Adolph and Lotte Rosenberg Summer Retreat Program is a unique experience that our beneficiaries look forward to all year long. It’s an honor to organize this retreat for individuals who truly benefit from it.”

There are thousands of Holocaust survivors in New York City who are struggling to meet their basic human needs. The Blue Card provides direct financial assistance to people who have already survived the unthinkable, with the utmost respect and ever mindful of their dignity.

The youngest survivor at the retreat was 77 years old, with multiple survivors well into their 90s and thriving.

The trees were rustling in the strong summer wind, the clouds were dark and threatening, but nineteen moms whose children live in Israel happily got together in a lovely backyard setting one evening earlier this week to finally enjoy an in-person, outdoor, OKAY (Our Kids Abroad in Yisrael) meeting. This was the first face-to-face get-together since our Chanukah gathering over six months ago. In the interim, these moms, who arrived from Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Queens and Merrick, have been meeting on Zoom, exchanging emails and chatting on WhatsApp.

As the parents of children who have made aliyah, there is always what to discuss – new places to visit with our children and grandchildren in Israel, apartment and car rentals, efficient ways to ship packages to our loved ones in the Holy Land, insurance when traveling, resources for birthday cakes, reliable caterers, mazal tov balloons, and so much more. Of late, reasonable airfares, VIP service and tracking lost luggage were pressing topics that arose.

This group of dedicated, resourceful, resilient and sometimes frustrated moms have been meeting through the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC for six and a half years, well before the pandemic, during the difficult covid years, and still going strong. We have developed a close and warm relationship and circle of support, especially tightened during the darkest days of the pandemic when some of us did not see our children and grandchildren in Israel for over two years. Many of us missed family weddings, births and bar mitzvahs in Israel during this trying time or celebrated abbreviated versions of simchas here in New York without the presence of our loved ones living in Israel. The challenges have been many, but we faced them together and that made all the difference.

At the meeting this time, in addition to reconnecting, catching up and welcoming new members, the OKAY moms were paid a visit from real estate attorney Riki Bakbani, from the law firm R.D.B. & Co., in from Israel with her family to volunteer at the JCC and other venues and to connect with people like us who have long lists of questions about real estate and other legal issues in Israel. Riki spoke mostly in Hebrew, and we all learned some new Hebrew (confusing) terminology. When the Bakbanis took their leave – after distributing little gifts of Halvah packages to us – we discussed the OKAY guide one of our members is diligently working on to facilitate accessing valuable resources in Israel. We also shared names of friends and neighbors whose kids were making aliyah later this summer and would soon be reaching out to join our OKAY group.

Our gracious host, Gail Weinstein, offered plenty of space and refreshments. Although we had an alternate option of moving indoors, the weather held and nearly two hours passed in what turned out to be a beautiful, balmy evening. If you or anyone you know have a child living in Israel and would like to join OKAY, contact Rachayle at the Gural JCC (516)569-6733 ext. 222, rachayle. deutsch@guraljcc.org.

Did you know? A shark’s skin feels like sandpaper and is made up of tiny teeth-like structures that help reduce friction as the shark swims

Summer YLX 2022 has gotten off to an incredible start! YLX learning is now housed in two locations; the middle school program meets at JCCI of Inwood and the high school program meets at Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid. Monday-Wednesday both locations are abuzz with energized Torah learning. The fantastic food certainly helps. Long-time sponsor Traditions Eatery graciously donates food for the program once a week, and once a week, Carlos and Gabbies provides a fantastic spread with subsidized pricing.

The updated YLX learning curriculum is in full swing. Rabbi Aryeh Dachs prepares intriguing maare mekomos pamphlets. The thought-provoking material delivered to small groups by the incredible team of YLX rebbeim guarantee an engaging learning experience. So far, YLX has delved into the topics of kibbud av v’em and lo sirtzach. YLX also welcomes boys that learn with their own chavrusos or parents, grandparents, or siblings.

Each week, caps with the ultimate YLX Thursday Night Experience. The boys enjoy barbecue, basketball, bonfire, kumzitz and other activities. YLX is grateful to Gourmet Glatt for sponsoring a significant portion of the barbecue for week 2. The best part is, in classic YLX fashion, the boys are charged with running the whole show. They man the grills, make the fire, as well as run the basketball games. In short, YLX provides the ultimate summer experience for boys every night. There is a lot more in store for 2022! YLX is open to all boys in the community ages 13 and up. There is no charge for the program. To register, donate, or for more information, email Rabbi Aryeh Dachs at YIDLearningExpereince@gmail.com.

Summer in Full Swing at Hillel Day Camp

Our daily schedule is action-packed and our summer theme of holidays was evident in our lunch menu, creative cooking, art, and out-of-the-box specialties at Hillel Day Camp. Last week’s theme was Sukkot, and we learned so much about this beautiful holiday. In art, we made sukkah decorations to hang in our own family sukkot later this year. In cooking, we created our own model sukkah. Making them was so much fun, and it was even yummier to eat them!

Disney Day and Jersey Day were real hits among campers and staff! Leagues and trips are in full throttle, and the projects from Ofra Jewels and Make It Too! are incredible. Our campers participated in golf clinics, Grace’s Gymnastics, explored the natural beauty of Hashem’s creations, and raised money for Camp Scholarship Fund in our annual color run last Friday. There was a DJ, live music, and a dance party! It was so much fun.

Inspiration on 17th of Tammuz

Chazaq organized an amazing lineup of speakers for the Five Towns community on the fast day of the 17th of Tammuz at Shaare Emunah in Cedarhurst. It was an honor and a privilege to host Rabbi Yonatan Saban, Rabbi Yaakov Rahimi, Rabbi Daniel Glatstein and Rabbi Mordechai Benhaim.

Famed author and speaker Rabbi Daniel Glatstein spoke about the significance of the five calamities that befell the Jewish nation on the 17th of Tammuz. He explained that they are not historical events but rather five phenomena in the downward spiral of the Jewish people. It all started due to their laxity in learning Torah and slacking in coming to shul. Therefore, it comes out that the whole job of the Jewish nation this time of the year is to strengthen our Torah learning. To increase your Torah learning, please visit chazaq. org/torah. In addition, Chazaq will have its annual Live Tisha B’Av event again, with a marathon of over 15 speakers in person all day in Beth Gavriel in Forest Hills Queens on Sunday, August 7. The lectures will be simul-cast live online to tens of thousands of viewers all around the globe.

Around the Community HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, Shlita, and Other Senior Gedolei Hador to Address Mass Event for Bachurim from Across Eretz Yisrael

By Chaim Gold

“Iwish I would have had such a kinnus when I was a bachur transitioning from yeshiva ketana to yeshiva gedolah,” Rabbi Avigdor Bernstein, one of the senior members of Hanhalas Dirshu, said wistfully.

Rabbi Bernstein was referring to the absolutely unique event in Eretz Yisrael, the Dirshu Seder Hachana event, where thousands of bachurim who are graduating yeshiva ketana (equivalent graduating twelfth grade in America) and going on to yeshiva gedolah (beis medrash) come together at the very end of their last zeman in yeshiva ketana to hear words of guidance from the Gedolei Hador, Mashgichim on how to properly prepare for the transition.

Dirshu has been providing the bachurim of Eretz Yisrael with this unique event for approximately a decade, but this year’s event, to be held on Wednesday, 28 Tammuz, will be even more special.

First and foremost, the senior Gadol Hador, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponovezh Yeshiva, will personally come to address the bachurim. This is one of the very rare times since Covid 19, that Rav Gershon will personally participate in such a major event.

As is well known in the yeshiva world, Rav Gershon Edelstein has been a prime address for chinuch issues relating to yeshiva bachurim for some seventy years! Having been a maggid shiur in Ponovezh since the 1950s, he is known for his deep understanding of bachurim of all ages as well as for his sometime, innovative approach to chinuch.

This year, senior roshei yeshiva will be attending, including HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Slabodka; and HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Chevron.

Another new and exciting development at this year’s event that will be held at the Heichalei Malchus Halls in Bnei Brak will be the video addresses given by senior American Roshei Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Kamenetzky, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Philadelphia, and HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mesivta of Lakewood. Rav Dovid Hofstedter, shlita, Nasi of Dirshu, is also slated to address the event.

Smoothing the Transition

Why, at the behest of Rav Gershon Edelstein, is this year’s program even more special with the participation of so many Gedolim? Perhaps it is because Klal Yisrael is truly at a crossroads. The younger generation, our precious bachurim, are facing unprecedented nisyonos. The yetzer hara has been taking all the weapons out of his arsenal in an attempt to poison our youth and rob them of their enthusiasm for ruchniyus, their kedushah and taharah. This gathering, where senior Roshei Yeshiva will address the bachurim and where roundtable discussions about many issues facing our bachurim, will be held with senior mashgichim and mechanchim, promises to be a truly unique event.

In the past, this special event for bachurim was addressed by such luminaries as HaGaon HaRav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, zt”l, HaGaon HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman, zt”l and, ybl”ch, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, and HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen.

Understanding the Differences

The transition from yeshiva ketana, a very regimented system, to yeshiva gedolah, which offers much more independent learning, is truly significant and can literally mean the difference between a lifetime of success in learning or challilah the opposite.

The marked difference between yeshiva gedolah and yeshiva ketana can confront a bachur with many nisyonos, many spiritual hurdles that he must overcome. There is much more independence, much less structure, longer sedarim and a greater stress on self-motivation in a yeshiva gedolah. If bachurim are not careful and are unprepared for such an environment, they can find themselves regressing in their learning and avodas Hashem. It is therefore imperative that every bachur seek guidance from his rebbeim about how to properly utilize his time to the utmost.

For example, when a bachur comes to yeshiva gedolah for the first time, he will encounter a different structure of learning which requires much more preparation. In yeshiva ketana, everything is explained. The shiur is explained and presented to the bachurim on a silver platter. Anytime a bachur doesn’t understand, he can go over to his maggid shiur and ask. He can easily obtain help. In yeshiva gedolah, however, things are different. A bachur is expected to prepare the Gemara on his own, so that he can understand the shiur. To properly learn a Gemara with Rashi and Tosafos is not simple. What does one do?

The rabbanim will address this and numerous other issues as well, such as the dormitory. In yeshiva ketana, most bachurim sleep at home and even those who do not, only sleep in highly supervised dormitories. Suddenly, upon entering yeshiva gedolah, a bachur must sleep in the dormitory and share rooms with bachurim from varied yeshivos and diverse backgrounds. Among others, going to sleep on time and choosing the right friends are issues that require self-control and forethought. It is very important for bachurim, when they arrive, to consult with the mashgiach about any issue in the dormitory. After all, sufficient rest and associating with proper friends in the dormitory at night are the keys to success throughout the day.

At a previous kinnus, Rav Dovid Cohen said, “I remember, when I was a bachur, the Chevron Yeshiva built a new dormitory. The Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Chatzkel Sarna, spoke at the chanukas habayis and said, ‘This dormitory is a beis medrash of derech eretz kodma l’Torah!!’”

The Unique She’ilos and

Teshuvos Session

Another important component of the kinnus will be the shailos and teshuvos roundtable sessions. Bachurim from all over Eretz Yisrael have already sent in hundreds of questions that they would love to hear addressed by the panel. Dirshu’s hanhala will be picking choice questions from all that were sent in.

In the past, extremely important questions were discussed at the panel, such as, “How does a bachur properly utilize the three hours of morning seder to prepare Gemara for the shiur when the Gemara consists of only a few lines? There is so much ‘reyd’ on each sugya, how should a bachur know what to focus on versus what is not relevant for his stage of learning? How should a bachur motivate himself to come on time for davening?” ... and many more.

This year, the panel will consist of Rav Bunim Schreiber, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva Nesiv Daas, and Rav Chaim Peretz Berman, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivas Ponovezh. The moderator will be Rav Binyomin Birenzweig.

Dirshu’s Rabbi Shlomo Rozenstein remarked, “It is a profound zechus to be able to hear hadracha from Rav Gershon Edelstein, from the she’arei knesses hagedolah, a remnant of that exalted generation of giants that shaped the yeshiva world in Eretz Yisrael. It is such an opportunity for bnei yeshiva more than eighty years his junior, to chap arein, to glean and gain from the wisdom of the ziknei hador!”