Ahead of the Purim holiday, Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, one of the heads of the Ponovezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak and leader of the Lithuanian-hasidic community, issued a call urging yeshiva students not to wander around on Purim, Kikar Hashabbat reported.
“It is worthy to ensure that yeshiva students do not walk around at all on Purim, and only add in their Torah learning,” he said. “In this fashion we will be saved from the plague.”
“This year, it is even more important than any other year to ensure that all of the yeshiva deans take care that their students remain in yeshiva over Purim and learn, and do not wander between houses at all – not even during the festive Purim meal.”
Typically, it is during the Purim meal that yeshiva students go from house to house collecting money for their yeshivas.
Rabbi Edelstein emphasized that “on Purim it is worthy to add a lot of Torah learning; and this is the only merit which will protect us so that we can be saved from the virus. By ensuring there will no no more sick people, we will be able to start the summer term as usual, with no restrictions.”
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
{Matzav.com}
