Jerusalem's Ramot neighborhood was filled with excitement on
Monday, the 26th of Kislev, the second night of Chanukah as
it anticipated the ushering in of a sefer Torah to the
Even Yisroel yeshiva. The transcribing of the final letters
of the sefer Torah was attended by maranan
verabonon, headed by the posek hador, Maran HaRav
Yosef Sholom Eliashiv. This took place in the home of the
rosh yeshiva HaRav Tzvi Weisfish in the Nof Ramot
neighborhood at 7 p.m. From there, the procession left for
the Ohel Yosef synagogue, and headed toward the commercial
center in Kiryat Ungvar, on its way to the yeshiva's building
on Mirsky Street.
Police closed the street and the parking lots in Nof Ramot,
enabling the gedolei haTorah and the many participants
to reach the area. Heading the procession were 400 students
of the neighborhood's talmudei Torah, who bore torches
in their hands.
When the sefer Torah reached the yeshiva's main study
hall, the many participants danced in honor of the Torah. At
8 p.m., a seudas mitzva was held in the yeshiva's
building. The entire event was conveyed by closed circuit to
the two auditoriums in the building, so that all of the 500
students of the yeshiva and Kollel HaRan could see them.
The seudas mitzvah also served as a Chanukah
mesiba for the students and avreichim of all of
mosdos of Yeshivas HaRan, including the Chacham Tzvi
yeshiva in Beitar, and the Yechi Reuven yeshiva in Givat
Zev.
Today, 60 students study in the Even Yisroel yeshiva in
Ramot, which was founded half a year ago, and has gained wide
acclaim for its superiority. Throughout the joyous event, the
impressive growth of the Yeshivas HaRan institutions was
described. The gedolei Yisroel and roshei
yeshiva pointed to the yeshiva's positive development,
and spoke about the new yeshiva ketana, Yam HaTorah,
which will open, be'ezras Hashem next year, and will
be located in the yeshiva's building in Ramot Polin.
Busloads of participants left Kiryat Sefer and Beit Shemesh,
and arrived on the scene in order to participate in the
joyous event. A special delegation on behalf of the yeshiva's
administration traveled to Ben Gurion airport in order to
welcome the guests of honor and the most generous donors who
arrived for a one-day visit from abroad, in order to
participate in the hachnosas sefer Torah
celebration.
