We are in awe at the tremendous simcha of Maran Rosh Hayeshiva. Throughout the week thousands have flocked to be mevorech and nisborech from the Rosh Yeshiva, and, more importantly, draw inspiration from his great ma’ayan of chizzuk and kiddush shem shamayim. Many of us are awestruck at his perseverance, tefilah, and emunah for more than sixty years. And now, finally, he has had a yeshua.
However, this week we heard the Rosh Yeshiva say something even more astonishing:
“The reason that Hashem did not give me children for all these years was not because He did not want me to have children. Of course He wanted me to have children. However, he made me wait for so long so that I would be in a situation in which al pi teva there was no way out. This way, I would grow higher and higher in emunah, bitachon, tefilah and reach great levels. Without this I would not have managed to achieve them.”
At this extraordinary moment the Rosh Yeshiva was embracing all the sixty years of waiting, recognizing it as essential in achieving levels of ruchniyus and dependency on Hashem. The less one can rely on, the better, for the more dependent on Hashem we feel.
Let us delve a little deeper into this astounding concept.
