In 1933, the Chofetz Chaim pased away. Rav Kook eulogized him in Meah Shearim. In the middle of his eulogy, the zealots started screaming "FIRE FIRE" in order to disrupt his speech. Rav Kook didn't say anything and [as always] took the "bizyoinois" in silence. He just put his face in his hands with deep pain. The police came and removed the rabble rousers.
The Rav then said that according to the Arizal there are two "pipelines" [צינורות] in Shomayim, one for לימוד התורה and the other for כבוד התורה and they are intertwined. If there is no כבוד התורה there is also no לימוד התורה.
[Rav Eliezer Valdenberg, the Tzitz Eliezer, who attneded the eulogy as a child].
How important is this message in our generation!!
