Q. My son Yishay is in Jerusalem, Israel. He started his 3rd year at Rabbi Portnoy's Yeshivah. Do you believe he is in danger? Should I bring him home to the states?
A. On question 4483 regarding travelling to Israel to attend a wedding for a nephew on the Thursday after Yom Tov, considering all the tragedies just happening, we wrote: “Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that in principle one should not cancel this trip. However there may likely be many different conditions and details to consider and a Posek familiar with the case should be asked.”
The Rov’s Shlit’a opinion now is that it may be better to return.
Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a mentioned that there are two basic singular groups in the Yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel. One concentrates and places all efforts in learning Torah as good and intense as they can, to offer relieve and save lives with the merit of their Torah learning.
Others maybe involuntarily spend much time just talking about the tragic situation they are undergoing. He recommends that the first group should remain and the second should come back.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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