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Many Today are not Shomrei Torah uMitzvos Because Chinuch Atzmai Did Not Exist
By Yechiel Sever
"Regretfully, a large measure of what we are experiencing today whereby many are not shomrei Torah umitzvos is due to the fact that Chinuch Atzmai schools had not been established everywhere throughout the country so that in remote settlements, children grew up ignorant of Torah and were unable to withstand the trials of those times until they abandoned the source of living waters altogether." These were the words of HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman to the heads and administrators of the Chinuch Atzmai Transportation Fund when they gathered in his home to discuss the heavy debts of this fund, threatening the total collapse of Chinuch Atzmai, especially since the transportation network has partially ceased to operate.
He said, "With the help of Hashem, ever since the establishment of Chinuch Atzmai and the system of transportation has been implemented, we have been able to reach the most distant places so that every Jewish boy can learn Torah and receive an education for Torah and mitzvos. If chas vesholom this were to stop, we dare not think how the coming generation will look, and if this system is not carried on, it may cause Chinuch Atzmai to collapse. And what will become of the tens of thousands of children who will be outside of Torah institutions and the generations after them?"
Several weeks ago an emergency assembly was called, headed by gedolei Torah and Chassidus in the Chinuch Atzmai headquarters in Bnei Brak, to save this Transportation Fund, in light of the staggering debts threatening its collapse. A similar emergency meeting was held in the Agudath Israel headquarters in America, attended by the members of the American Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and roshei yeshiva who rallied to the call of the gedolei Torah in Eretz Yisroel.
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