"They want to uproot the yeshivas – we have to flee to Russia and the U.S."

"It's getting worse and worse, they want to uproot the yeshivas, we may need to go back to Russia or America," Hgrm"d Soloveitchik spoke this week, Rosh Yeshiva of Brisk, in a speech he delivered to the students about cutting funding.


In his introduction Hgrm"d expanded the reason for escape from Russia 73 years ago. "Our flee was not physical. It was because in Russia we had to send the children to school, and we were not allowed to study Torah, and therefore we ran and put ourselves in a real physical danger! "


Hgrm"d compared the situation at the time the situation in Israel today: "seemingly now the situation is the same as well. They want to close the yeshivas, cutting of funding - meaning no more yeshivas."

The conversation was given first time at Chumash Rashi on Shabbos Shemos provided to hundreds of boys. On Sunday, Hgrm"d repeated the conversation at his home, and changed his words the next day - after the lesson he gave. During what he said he also talked about some boys who came to the conscription centers, "they had to do medical tests specifically by a female doctor," he stressed.


"One of the boys said he wanted a male doctor and not a female doctor, they ask him why? He replied that his teachers told him so. They said to him: 'This is the Army, you're in the army, and the army has orders! Forget the rabbis - Rabbi's, oh Rabbis! Here is an army! And they detained them for six hours! They wanted to pray Mincha and they did not let them claiming that in middle of testing you cannot pray Mincha! Who's there? Female soldiers and not male soldiers! This is truly close the yeshivas and uprooting the entire Torah."

"Who knows if the escape at a time like this constitutes a physical rescue? Iran is threatening us with bombs; Egypt's President said that in a few years there will be no State of Israel! Yeshivas should run back to Russia! This is no laughing matter! Or at least to America. Things are far from laughing! Oy yeshivas! Oy yeshivas!


"First they started with the Talmudei Torah with 'core curriculum', and I think they wanted to uproot the Talmudei Torah and now they want to uproot the yeshivas! It is getting worse and worse. We need to think very seriously about the escape from here, and who knows if it was not for the better, if this is also not saving physically for us... such a tzara!"

We need a body like Atra Kadisha to fight against the recruitment

In another part of the conversation Hgrm"d referred to the saga around the organization Atra Kadisha. He said, we should establish a body like the Atra Kadisha to fight against cutting funding.


"The members of Atra Kadisha, are the most religious people," Gur Aharlicha yongaliit, throwing themselves under tractors, and give themselves over for assailants and murder, and thrown into a prison, such Jews with devotion, only about the resilience of the 'Atra Kadisha' still talking a bit graves., but other things who cares at all, and the recruitment of the yeshiva students is much more serious, This is a gevalt! Who speaks of it? Who cares? Everyone is quiet! "Cried Hgrm"d.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!