The yeshiva world will be witness to a unique, electrically-
charged four-day event in Bayit Vegan (Thursday-Monday, June
12-16), when Yeshivas Kol Torah launches a "ruchniyus
reconnect" with alumni from all over the world in order
to dedicate a new building that is the centerpiece of the
yeshiva's expansion plans.
Yeshivas Kol Torah, which was the first Torah institution
transported from Germany to Israel, was founded by the
revered sage HaRav Michel Schlesinger zt'l in 1939
together with Dayan HaRav Boruch Kundstaat. It has garnered
an impeccable reputation for molding young lamdonim
from all over the world into bnei Torah. Yeshiva
bochurim from the USA, UK, Australia, Holland, South
Africa, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada come to Kol
Torah for their years of primary spiritual growth.
Through the last half-century, thousands of inquisitive young
boys thirsting for Torah knowledge have sat in Kol Torah's
bustling beis medrash, where they were taught by
rabbonim who truly cared about each and every potential
ben Torah led by R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, who
dedicated himself to the thousands of talmidim in the
yeshiva (as mentioned on his matzeivoh: "He'emid talmidim
harbeih beyeshivas Kol Torah"). Throughout the years,
Yeshivas Kol Torah has produced some of the Torah world's
foremost rabbis, askonim and bnei Torah.
Many of the alumni have always wanted to give something back
to their yeshiva. Thus, the Kol Torah International
Homecoming & Chanukas Habayis was spawned by the yeshiva's
International Alumni Committee. "This is the first time that
the yeshiva has planned an event that will have former
talmidim reconnect with their yeshiva, with their
rebbes, with their chavrusas, which is a unique event for the
Torah world in general," said Rabbi Sruli Safran, the
campaign manager of Kol Torah's international alumni
committee. "In past years, we had the typical melave malka
or dinner in the USA to raise funds. This effort is a
real homecoming -- a chadesh yomeinu kekedem -- a
chance for the talmidim to reexperience their fruitful
learning years. The yeshiva helped these youngsters to become
real bnei Torah, so the yeshiva is now saying to them,
`Now that we've helped you grow, help us grow.'
"Kol Torah always had a sense of spiritual energy. As the
youngsters who came to learn in Israel found out, the general
environment of being in Jerusalem with its immense spiritual
energy, permeated and impacted on them. The thrust of what
was accomplished at Kol Torah on a learning scale, could
never be done anywhere else in the world."
When the international alumni arrive in Eretz Hakodesh,
they will see a sparkling new Beis Medrash on a
newly expanded campus, housing 800 bochurim. These
bochurim will be partaking of the yeshiva's various
learning programs from high school through an intensive post
high school beis medrash regimen, where the Torah world's new
leaders are molded.
The four-day event will feature an awe-inspiring tour of the
Kotel Tunnels, a spiritually energizing Shabbos schedule, the
gala International Alumni Dinner with musical entertainment,
as well as the magnificent dedication -- Chanukas
Habayis -- of the new Kol Torah Beis Medrash on 15
Sivan.
A prominent list of Kol Torah's rabbonim will provide
sichot and shiurim throughout the various
events (Shabbos, Melave Malka, Dinner, Chanukas Habayis)
including: HaRav B. S. Deutsch, rosh yeshiva, HaRav A.
Erlanger, author of Bircas Avrohom, HaRav S. Povarsky
and more.
For more information on how you can partake in Yeshivas Kol
Torah's unique four day event contact Yisroel Safran at
srulis@touro.edu
