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Gedolei Yisrael Publicize Letter for Chizuk on Chanukah
Gedolei Yisrael shlita sign on a letter calling on Yeshiva students not to weaken their efforts in Torah study during Chanukah.
This is the contents of the letter: "The Gemara says in Sotah (21), based on the verse, ‘A mitzvah is like a candle, and the Torah is light,’ that just as light always protects, so too, Torah always protects. Therefore, it is worthy that during the days of Chanukah, when the arrogant ones were handed over into the hands of those who delved into the Torah, that we should strengthen ourselves in Torah study and toil in Torah, as it says in Makot (10): Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: What is meant by the verse, ‘Our feet stood in the gates of Jerusalem’ – what caused our feet to stand in war? The gates of Jerusalem—for they were engrossed in Torah study."
The Gedolei Yisrael continue: "It is incumbent upon the Yeshiva students and Kollelim to strengthen themselves even more with organized times of learning during Chanukah, and Heaven forbid that these auspicious days should be days of laxity and distancing from study of our holy Torah, as the Shlo"h wrote – that these days are more worthy for diligence in Torah study than any other days. May the merit of Torah study protect us and deliver us.”
The letter was signed by Maran Rosh Yeshiva Hagaon Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman shlita, Maran Hagaon Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz shlita, and Maran Hagaon Rabbi Gershon Edelstein shlita. It should be noted that the letter was recently sent to the Yeshivot so that the talmidim could see it.