Gur Is Torah

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At a gathering for the establishment of a Gur kollel in Bnei Brak, the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman zt"l, Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevezh, delivered a speech. Among other things, he said:

I must tell you a secret: I have a very close connection to Gur. And why? Because I have a will/testament from the Chofetz Chaim regarding this matter.

When I was a young yeshiva student, I studied in Radin. At that time, someone suggested a shidduch for me with the daughter of a wealthy man from Warsaw who was a Gur chassid. You know that I am a true Litvak from the womb and from birth, and I thought to myself: What do I have to do with a shidduch from a family of Gur chassidim?

But the Chofetz Chaim heard about the suggestion and called me to him. And he said to me the following: "Gur is Torah! Gur wages wars for Yiddishkeit! With Gur one can make a shidduch!"

The Rav of Ponevezh continued: That shidduch did not come to fruition for other reasons. But ever since I heard those words about Gur coming from the mouth of such a Kohen Gadol, I have felt for all these years a special bond with Gur.

All the years I have "a little shidduch with Gur!"

You know that as a rule, I go in to the present Rebbe shlit"a, and I do nothing without consulting him first. He is indeed a tremendous sage! But above all, I have the Chofetz Chaim's will/testament: Gur is Torah!