Regarding what I said in the previous post about how we are all working for the same Boss:
Yesterday was the yahrtzeit of Rav Shraga Feivel Mendelevitz. He was one of the major builders of Torah in the US. Although he was the Principal of Yeshivas Torah Vo-daas, that didn't stop him from helping other Yeshivos. So when Rav Aharon Kotler was trying to start his Yeshiva in Lakewood - Rav Sharaga Feivel sent him his own students. When Rav Yitzchak Hutner became Rosh Yeshivas Chaim Berlin - Rav Sharaga Feivel sent him his own students. And to other yeshivos as well.
People thought he was crazy. Who sends away good students from his own yeshiva to help the competition?? Students mean tuitions, donations, self-fulfillment etc. etc. Sending them away threatens everything. Seemingly.
Rav Shraga Feivel understood that it wasn't about his own success but about spreading Hashem's Torah.
Would that happen today? When one yeshiva has low enrollment, would another competing Yeshiva send them students to help them keep going?? Unheard of.
When someone starts a Yeshiva - do other established Yeshivos send him their boys? I know someone who had this very experience. He tried to start a Yeshiva and could find nobody interested in sharing a few students to help him get going.
So we see the greatness of Rav Shraga Feivel!! And the flourishing of Torah in America [and in Eretz Yisrael who received so much bounty of Torah from American Bnei Torah] is a testimony to his greatness, Ahavas Torah and Ahavas Hashem.
MAY WE ALWAYS PUT ASIDE OUR PERSONAL BIASES FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!:-)
AMENNNNNN!!!
