Highlights: Dirshu Amud HaYomi Siyum – Vienna Pressburg סיכום מסע דרשו| ווינה ופרשבורג – עמוד היומי

Gedolei Yisrael From All Over the World Converge on Vienna for Historic Inaugural Amud HaYomi Siyum “This historic maamid transpiring now, in a place where history was previously made, is a maamid that continues the legacy of Torah bequeathed to us right here by the Chofetz Chaim, the Gerer Rebbe, Rav Chaim Ozer, the Chortkover Rebbe and Rav Meir Shapiro, who established the Daf HaYomi in Vienna 100 years ago. This is the place where klal Yisrael came together in unity, the olam hayeshivos and the olam hachassidus joining forces to increase kavod haTorah.”Those words were the beginning of the seminal speech of HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Chevron at the Sofiensäle Hall in Vienna, the same hall where the Knessiah Gedolah was made in the same city where the Daf HaYomi was established 100 years ago. Rav Cohen’s drasha along with those of numerous gedolei haTorah v’hachassidus, was but one highlight of a historic journey filled with highlight after highlight and climax after climax.In truth, the word “historic” today has become a bit cliché, however, Dirshu’s journey to Vienna, Pressburg and Keristier to celebrate the inaugural siyum of the Amud HaYomi program in the Sofiensäle Auditorium in Vienna, the same majestic hall where the famed Knessiah Gedolah was held, was nothing short of historicThe maamad of the siyum attended by leading senior gedolei Yisrael, ashkenazim, sefardim and chasidim of all types, all unified under the Torah banner of Dirshu, was a deeply emotionally and inspiring maamad of chizuk. How to describe the sight of senior gedolim, many elderly, going above and beyond their abilities, shlepping on planes and buses, to come express their support for Torah, and admiration for an organization that facilitates limud haTorah with a breadth and scope never seen before!In addition to the siyum, which was the heartbeat of the whirlwind journey, powerful tefillah rallies were held at the tziunim of the Chasam Sofer and the Ksav Sofer in Pressburg, and at the tziunim of the famed Chortkover Rebbe and HaGaon HaRav Yosef Engel in the old beis hakevaros in Vienna; and the next day at the tziun of Rav Shayele of Keristier The palatial hall filled up quickly and then … it happened. The orchestra began to play as the assemblage rose, craning their necks to see the gedolei Yisrael entering the hall, being welcomed and then walking down the regal red carpet in the center of the hall: Rav Dovid Hofstedter, shlita, Nasi of Dirshu, was flanked by HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, shlita, on one side and HaGaon HaRav Chaim Peretz Berman, shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Ponovezh, on the other. Behind them, walking one by one were numerous gedolei Torah and chassidusRav Dovid Cohen: “The Amud Hayomi Is Not Coming to Weaken the Daf Hayomi, But to Strengthen It!”The address of Rav Dovid Cohen, Rosh Yeshivas Chevron, set the tone for the evening. Rav Dovid, who has enthusiastically supported, advised and encouraged Dirshu’s hanhallah in their Amud HaYomi undertaking said, “Wherever I go people ask me, ‘Perhaps the Amud HaYomi can somehow be seen as an insult to Rav Meir Shapiro? After all, he instituted the Daf HaYomi and [with this program] we are minimizing the daf by cutting it in half, into an amud?’ My answer to this question is that to me, it is clear as light that the Amud HaYomi is not coming to weaken the Daf HaYomi but to strengthen it“We must understand, Daf HaYomi is not like the limud of chok! If a person does the Daf HaYomi in a half hour, that is not the Daf HaYomi of Rav Meir Shapiro. Rav Elyashiv told me that learning without understanding is worth very little. It is better to learn less but to really understand. Thus, if the Amud HaYomi will ensure that a person can learn less but understand, then this is not minimizing the daf!” Rav Cohen thundered, “It is strengthening the entire purpose of the Daf HaYomi READ MORE https://jewishlink.news/gedolei-yisrael-from-all-over-the-world-converge-on-vienna-for-historic-inaugural-amud-hayomi-siyum כמאה רבנים מכל רחבי תבל, בראשות מרנן ורבנן חברי מועצת גדולי התורה שליט"א, גדולי ראשי הישיבות, הדיינים ורבני הקהילות שליט"א, התכנסו ביום שני י' אדר א' למעמד "הכנסיה העולמית" של "דרשו", בו נחגג סיום מסכת ברכות במסגרת תכנית "העמוד היומי", ותחילת לימוד מסכת שבת, שהתקיים באולם העתיק בוינה, בו התקיימה לפני מאה שנים הכנסיה הגדולה העולמית בראשות מרנן ורבנן גדולי הדור ההוא זצוק"ל.הרבנים השתתפו במעמדי תפילה "בעד עמך" על ציון מרן החתם סופר זצוק"ל בפרשבורג הסמוכה, ובבית החיים בווינה שבו טמונים גדולי עולם הגאון רבי יוסף ענגיל זצוק"ל, בעל ה"אתוון דאורייתא" וכ"ק האדמו"ר רבי ישראל מטשורקוב זצוק"ל, שם נישאו ברגש ובקול בכי פרקי תהלים לישועת הפרט והכלל, כאשר הרבנים שליט"א מעוררים ומזכירים את המצב הקשה בארץ הקודש