Dozens of yeshiva and kollel heads gathered in Jerusalem on Friday to bid farewell to Rabbi Gershon Hirsch, a leading Torah figure, before his flight to the US. The guests thanked Rabbi Hirsch for his extensive work establishing the Torah World Fund and for fundraising worldwide to support Torah study in Israel, the Wisberg report says.
A gathering of dozens of kollel heads and yeshiva leaders took place in Jerusalem on Friday to bid farewell to Rabbi Gershon Hirsch, a prominent figure in the Lithuanian (non-Hasidic) Torah world, before his departure for the United States. The event, which was documented by the Wisberg news outlet, included praise for Rabbi Hirsch's work in establishing the Torah World Fund (Keren Olam HaTorah), an initiative aimed at securing funding for yeshivas and kollels in Israel amid what participants described as legislative challenges to the Torah study sector. Speakers thanked Rabbi Hirsch for traveling abroad to solicit charitable funds for Jewish educational institutions. The event underscores the political and social tensions in Israel over proposed legislation affecting Haredi military draft exemptions and state funding for yeshivas, though the gathering itself was framed in purely communal and appreciation terms rather than as a political protest.
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