(Noam Siach – Ice)
To the great Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Menachem Menachem Shach zt"l, Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevezh, a principal came in for a consultation about a young man from his yeshiva who was very disturbing the yeshiva's arrangements, and was not willing to return to good health despite the many pleas of the yeshiva staff, and told him that after observing his situation seriously, he decided that there was no choice but to permanently remove this young man from the walls of the yeshiva, and the principal said to Rabbi Shach: I came here before the sentence was carried out, to finally consult with Maran Rosh Yeshiva, if indeed he should be removed from the yeshiva immediately, and to receive his blessing on the move.
Rabbi Shach asked the principal: "Tell me, what is the situation of Shalom Bayit in this young man's parents' house?" – Is it like a correction and everything is going smoothly or are there all kinds of difficulties there? The principal said that he did not know, Rabbi Shach continued and asked: What is the situation of the income in the house of the young man's parents?, and again the principal did not know what to answer, and so Rabbi Shach asked about the situation of the other children in the house, if they have social problems or poor health, God forbid, etc., and whether the parents give their son enough attention – and pocket money for what he needs – and whether it is necessary to choose all kinds of other social difficulties, etc. And about all of them, the principal said apologetically that he knew nothing. When Rabbi Shach heard what was in his mouth, he stood up and said with a cry from his heart, "He should be thrown away?! You need to be thrown away!!" ...
