Maintaining the Yeshivah once involved many hardships and difficulties, particularly under Soviet rule, although in truth, these matters were mainly trials [to be overcome] that lacked real substance [other than to call forth greater energy by those who had to overcome them]. …
Nowadays, however, it is far easier to fulfill the will of the [Rebbe Rashab and the Previous Rebbe] who [respectively] founded and conducted the Yeshivah, without having to face any hardship or problem at all.
We can now increase (beyond the significant additional achievements to date) in all of those matters that the Yeshivah was designed to achieve. In a general sense, this means the dissemination of Judaism, with particular focus on the dissemination of Chassidus (ibid., p. 531-532).
aCALLtoACTIONTAKE A MOMENT TO CONTEMPLATE THE YESHIVAH’S EFFECT
All past or present students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim, or a branch with a variation of this title – along with their families, and all who have been influenced [to advance in Torah and mitzvos] by them – should dedicate at least a moment today to contemplate the ways in which the Yeshivah positively influenced them, and indeed, should continue influencing them in the future.
On the 2nd of Nissan, one should take some time to dwell on the Yeshivah’s success at bolstering Torah study – of both the inner and revealed dimensions of Torah – the enhanced observance of mitzvos, heightened mode of prayer, further utilization of every day affairs for the sake of Heaven, and promotion of the service of “knowing G-d in all your ways.”
EXTENDED INFLUENCE
This contemplation is also for those who, for reasons beyond…
