“רבים רבים צומחים לתלמידי חכמים מובהקים, ובמכירי קאמינא – אברכים צעירים גדולי ומופלגי תורה אשר גם במושגי הדורות שלפנינו היו לאות ולמופת”.
“והדבר מרנין ומשובב נפש, ובעיקר מעורר את חשקת הלב להתעלות עוד ועוד בלימוד התורה בכל הכוחות ובהתמסרות מלאה, כי הרי ניתן לצמוח לתלמיד חכם מובהק גם בדורותינו, ותלמיד חכם הוא האדם המאושר ביותר עלי תבל, המרומם ביותר, ומשפיע על כל סביבותיו ברכה ותהילה”.
ChatGPT translation:
“Many, many are growing into outstanding Torah scholars. I speak from personal knowledge — young avreichim of great and exceptional stature in Torah, who, even by the standards of generations past, would have been counted as exemplars and luminaries.”
“This is a gladdening and heart-stirring phenomenon, and above all it awakens the yearning of the heart to rise ever higher in the study of Torah with all one’s strength and total devotion. For indeed, even in our own generation it is possible to grow into a talmid chacham muvḥak (a distinguished Torah sage), and such a man is the happiest of all beings upon earth, the most elevated, and a source of blessing and praise to all around him.”
To quote some more:
“There are some who may slacken in their study when they see the lofty levels still far from their reach. A Torah learner may say to himself, ‘Who will ascend for us to heaven and bring it to us?’ But Heaven forbid — one can lose a life of Torah through such weakness of spirit.”
“Anyone whose occupation is Torah, who lives a life of Torah, even if he does not merit to become a talmid chacham muvḥak, nevertheless possesses immense happiness and deep satisfaction throughout his life, at all times and in all circumstances — even in difficult periods. For the study and pursuit of Torah elevates and ennobles him above all deeds.”
“And one who lives a steady life of Torah — always, through all the vicissitudes of life and the confusions of the age — it is manifest that his personality is firm and steadfast, unmoved by all that transpires around him,” he added.