Magid Shiur in Mir: 'Gedolei Yisroel killed because of Smartphones'

The Roshei Yeshivos and Kollelim are dealing with the luring dangers to the Torah World, with the start of Zman Elul.

Hagr"a Birnzweig, a Magid Shiur in Mir Yeshiva and in charge of the Kestner Beis Midrash which houses more than 200 bochurim, expressed himself yesterday during his daily Shiur in a very sharp way against the dangers of technology and advanced cellular phones.

As on every Wednesday, the Rav's Shiur dealt with mussar to the Yeshiva bochurim.
"Lately we are hearing of Gedolei Yisroel who have been niftar, we all have to wake up. Hagry"s Eliashiv, the Rebbe of Shomrei Emunim were murdered as a result of the fact that Yeshiva bochurim and avreichim use Smartphones".

Harav related that last week he met a Rosh Kollel who uses a device which is not kosher, and protested in front of him that he is "corrupt". Afterwards he explained to the Rosh Kollel, "As a person who is an example to Lomdei Torah, he is a law-breaker".

One of the bochurim who was present in the Shiur, related in a talk with Behadrey Haredim: "Towards the end of the Rav's words, an explosion was heard in a Shiurim room in the Rapoport building where the shiur was given, and within seconds rumor spread that one of the bochurim shattered his Smartphone device".

According to one of those present, the Rav spoke out his words to the bochurim until tears flowed from his eyes, while finally asking mechilla of the bochurim for having sounded such harsh mussar talk to them, "This is the truth, and therefore it has to be said," ended the Rav.

Meanwhile it became known that according to a new instruction which was given in Mir since the start of Zman Elul, a bochur who wishes to get a fixed place in one of the Batei Midrash in the yeshiva, will have to part with his Smartphone, and obviously he must be registered as a bochur in the Yeshiva.

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