At a yahrtzeit gathering marking the passing of his father-in-law, Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach zt”l, Rashbi rosh yeshiva Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman delivered an impassioned address urging bnei Torah and their parents to remain steadfast in safeguarding the Torah world amid the growing draft crisis.
Speaking at Yeshivas Rashbi in Bnei Brak before ascending to the kever at the Ponovezh Beis HaChaim, Rav Bergman shared emotional words of warning and faith, drawing upon the teachings he had personally heard from Rav Shach decades earlier.
“It is necessary to remind ourselves,” said Rav Bergman, “that for a long time now, the precious bnei yeshivos have been under attack. Many years ago, I heard from Rav Shach that a time would come when every father would have to guard his children himself, lest chas veshalom they be taken to the army. One would have to give up his very life for this. And woe to us that such a time has come in our days, when we have no one to rely on.”
Visibly moved, Rav Bergman called upon the merit of his father-in-law to intercede on behalf of the olam haTorah: “We beg our great rebbe, zt”l, to stand before the Kisei HaKavod and plead for mercy on behalf of the Torah world, that this harsh decree be annulled.”
{Matzav.com}
