tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post247383331549451585..comments2024-03-27T23:41:26.715-07:00Comments on Hefkervelt : Photos: Lakewood Rosh yeshiva Rav Yerucham Olshin on the chizuk mission to Moscow, Vilna and Eastern EuropeEm Esshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175126366062821008noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-46585938463897638152016-07-24T18:07:48.403-07:002016-07-24T18:07:48.403-07:00Reb Elchonon was taken and murdered by Lithuanian ...Reb Elchonon was taken and murdered by Lithuanian collaborators on the 12th of Tammuz, 1941, in the Seventh Fort of Kaunas (Kovno) Fortress.Tziyonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587562944056677207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-9612595363293611432016-07-22T07:33:26.846-07:002016-07-22T07:33:26.846-07:00The rosh yeshiva Rev yerucham went to the 7th for...The rosh yeshiva Rev yerucham went to the 7th fort.<br /><br />Most historians hold that it was at the 7th fort where Rev elchonon was killedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-40191890563390387352016-07-22T07:09:42.511-07:002016-07-22T07:09:42.511-07:00The Hebrew article in JDN has it wrong it was the ...The Hebrew article in JDN has it wrong it was the infamous 9th fort.<br /><br />On the 11th of Tammuz, 5701 (1941), the Nazis suddenly attacked the Jews of Slobodka and executed them. Before being murdered, Rabbi Elchanan addressed his friends, rabbis, and all Jews. He spoke softly, with the same inner calm that normally characterized his speech. These were his last words:<br /><br />“Apparently they consider us Tzaddikim in Heaven, for we were chosen to atone for Klal Israel with our lives. If so, we must repent completely here and now. Time is short. The road to the Ninth Fort [where the Slabodka-Kovno martyrs were massacred] is rapidly approaching. We must realize that our sacrifice will be more acceptable when it is accompanied by repentance. We will thereby rescue our brothers and sisters in America. We are now about to perform the greatest possible mitzvah! ‘You destroyed it by fire, and with fire shall You rebuild it.’ The fire which will now consume our bodies is the very same fire which will give rise to the rebirth of the Jewish people.”<br /><br />With the cry of Shema Israel, his soul ascended to Heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152643033905553845.post-24081184130136425912016-07-22T05:27:00.937-07:002016-07-22T05:27:00.937-07:007th fort7th fortAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com