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R’ Sternbuch: Forbidden To Produce Gedolim by Causing Others To Stop Keeping Mitzvos

The Michtav M’eliyahu contrasting today’s yeshiva and Torah with Derech Eretz is well-known.

Here is Rabbi Sternbuch’s comment to Rabbi Daniel Eidensohn:

[Rav Sternbuch told me to append a note to this letter of Rav Dessler’s letter. He said that the halacha is clear that it is not allowed to produce gedolim if it causes others to stop being observant. He said that Rav Dessler doesn’t mean that it is certain that people will go off the derech because of this approach – but only that it can happen. In addition that going off the derech here refers to a possiblity of losing the yeshiva standard of observance  – not giving up religious observance entirely.]

Note: The reference to Michtav M’eliyahu (03 page 356) seems wrong.

‘We Wanted the Best, but It Turned Out Like Always’

What’s been popular recently on Hyehudi.org:

Rabbi Tzvi Kushelevsky is now a hot property. I think the searchers were looking for this:

קו השגחה פרטית: ראיון עם אבי הבן, הגאון ר”צ קושלבסקי שליט”א

Critical Comment Regarding Geulah Prayer Gatherings

We have several times covered the monthly gatherings to pray for the list given by Chazal:

אמר רבי שמעון בן מנסיא אין מראין סימן טוב לישראל עד שיחזרו ויבקשו שלשתן. אחר ישובו בני ישראל ובקשו את ה’ זו מלכות שמים ואת דוד מלכם כמשמעו ופחדו אל ה’ ואל טובו זה בית המקדש כד”א ההר הטוב הזה.

Eim Habanim Semeicha (2:7), however, comments that “seeking” means action, not mere prayer!