Yarchei Kalla In Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim

It has become a tradition. Each year there is a Yarchei Kalla at the beis midrash of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights. This year the program took place during renovations that include expansion of the beis midrash and construction of a large study hall and dining room. The beis midrash had become too small for its many talmidim. The study hall and dining room will be ready for the new school year. Special thanks go to the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Shneur Zalman Labkowski.

The Yarchei Kalla’s program began in the morning with a Chassidus class given by Rabbi Yossi Paltiel, a mashpia in the yeshiva, on the difference between the kabbala of the Arizal and the kabbala of the Ramak, and their connection to Moshiach.

Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Garfinkel, who has been a distinguished member of the yeshiva faculty for over fifty years, officially opened the Yarchei Kalla. He spoke about the achdus of the Tmimim when he was a talmid in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Warsaw and Otvosk.

Rabbi Yosef Yehoshua Hecht, the next speaker, lectured on the topic of eiruvei tavshilin in our times, based on the opinion of the Alter Rebbe. The program, attended by about 300 participants, concluded with a speech by the menahel ruchni of the mesivta, Rabbi M.M. Minsky.

After the Torah lectures, there was a brief ceremony in which prizes were distributed to outstanding talmidim who had learned the entire Meseches Bava Basra by heart. Mr. Victor, who contributed the prizes, blessed the awardees. The program ended with a pilpul-hadran said by Tamim Yosef Yitzchok Freiman, based on a sicha of the Rebbe MH"M.