The Jewish Home | MAY 17, 2018
THE SAR HATORAH
THE SHAS YID OF OUR GENERATION BECOMES THE NASI OF SHAS YIDEN By Eliezer Sandler
For the last 6 years, Sar Hatorah and
made a heartfelt l’chaim and then signed
fuls,
Rash’k’baha”g, Maran Hagaon Harav Chaim
a note expressing his appreciation of Shas
there
Kanievsky, shlit”a, has given the avreichim
Yiden. All present then burst into song.
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hageonim of Shas Yiden an annual farher of the entire Shas. On each occasion, they all excelled. Rav Chaim, who is a passionate promoter of studying and mastering the entire Shas, expressed his joy and satisfaction at their prowess and encyclopedic knowledge.
RAV CHAIM’S REQUEST AND BROCHA Rav Chaim has taken an avid interest in the progress and development of Shas Yiden. It was at the annual farher in November 2016, that he made a personal request of the Shas Yiden Founder, Hagaon Harav Avro-
Two weeks ago, in a gathering at his home
hom Eisen, the Pozna Rov, shlit”a, to open
with the hanhallah of Shas Yiden, his sons
a second kollel branch in Bnei Brak that
hageonim shlit”a,
the avreichim hageonim
would follow the same Shas Yiden regi-
and supporters of Shas Yiden from Amer-
men of pansophic Talmudic excellence.
ica, Rav Chaim accepted to serve as the
e
r
e
very few who be able to keep
w o u l d up with the de-
manding pace and the 8 daf-a-day regimen of the Shas Yiden program. In just 7 months, 10 avreichim geonim were identified and accepted. Thus, on Rosh Chodesh Iyar last year, Shas Yiden-Bnei Brak was inaugurated in the home of Rav Chaim. At the last farher at Channukah time, after receiving requests to open Shas Yiden kollelim in Yerushalayim and other centers, Rav Eisen asked Rav Chaim for a brocha regarding the Yerushalayim kollel. Rav Chaim’s response was he should establish “Another TEN!” 32+10= 569,310? THE BROCHA COMES TRUE This latest gathering of the avreichim geonim at Rav Chaim was the third in the space of a year. The occasion was Rav Chaim presiding over the inauguration of Shas Yiden-Yerushalayim as per his enthusiastic brocha just seven months ago. As has been his custom, Rav Chaim gave them a farher on Shas! Rav Eisen called out the
Nasi of the Reshet Hakollelim - Shas Yiden
Rav Eisen, together with the Rosh Hakollelim,
name of a maseches, Rav Chaim respond-
(the Shas Yiden Network in Eretz Yisroel).
Hagaon Harav Moshe Isaac Samet, shlit”a,
ed with a question, and the avreichim re-
set about identifying, interviewing and test-
sponded with the answers. It was amazing.
The fact that the Shas Yiden avreichim study some 160 days more per year than other kol-
ing applicants. While there were many hope-
lelim has not been lost on Rav Chaim. The only change in the daily Shas Yiden regimen is that on Shabbos and Yom Tov and the days before each, the study load is reduced from 8 daf to 4, but still with the four chazoras (reviews). No compliment could have been greater than his words at the last Siyum Hashas. He had asked a ‘trick’ question that demanded a knowledge of every word by heart, and when he received the answer he sought, Rav Chaim exclaimed, “Zei kennen Shas (They know Shas)!” When Rav Chaim finished giving them the Shas farher, he gave a brocha for the opening
of
Shas
Yiden-Yerushalayim,
NOTE FROM RAV CHAIM Iyar 5778
B”H
Let these lines serve as a testament that the Rabbonim Hageonim, the avreichim of Reshet Hakollelim - Shas Yiden under the leadership of Harav Hagaon Rav Avrohom Halevi Eisen, shlit”a, the Pozna Rov--They were with me and I tested them with questions on the entire Shas. I was amazed at their vast knowledge, and their dedicated ongoing efforts to complete Shas every year --Happy is their portion, and that of all who support and help them have acquired their own portion. All who come forward to support [Shas Yiden] will merit to see blessing in all that they do, many times over --And I bless them that they should merit to increase the greatness of Torah, and to glorify it, through nachas and expansion of knowledge, with brocha and hatzlocha in all that they do --- Amen, and may it be His will. Chaim Kanievsky
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