הרב ר' אברהם יהושע סאלאווייטשיק calls the bluff of certain American Roshei Yeshiva and the ארץ ישראל'דיגע ראשי ישיבה that came here to tell them how "terrible" life is there

Two clips, 10+ minutes each. אין א זאפטיגער אידיש. Blasting the American Yeshiva system among other things. Blasting the System in America in general, High School, college, degrees, tznius, blue shirts, etc. The guy with the בלויע בלוזקע learning a little בזמן שאינו יום ואינו לילה. But the main point is the bluff of the Rosh Yeshiva from the "Peleg" who came to New York and told the bochurim sitting here על סיר הבשר that the matzav haRuchni in Eretz Yisroel is mamish terrible. Stay home, he says, if things here so terrible.

We find Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin not being honest when it comes to Gedolim and Hespedim in Yeshiva

YRCB is having a hesped to mourn the passing of Rav Shmuel Auerbach. They're bringing all the Mechablim in America, Reb Elya Ber and Reb Malkiel, as well as R' Shmuel Markovitz, the Mechabel from Ponovezh. Which is fine. I'm just a little surprised that they're thumbing their noses at the leadership in Eretz Yisroel, Reb Chaim and Reb Gershon Eidelstein, etc. But that's their problem. The only problem is that just a few weeks ago, after the passing of the leader of עולם התורה Hagaon Reb Aron Leib Shteinman, zt"l, there was no such hesped. Why? because the Rosh Yeshiva at YRCB said despite being "the Rebbe B'Yisroel" he had no influence over the Yeshiva on Coney Island Avenue. Nor over the Rosh Yeshiva. But when RALS came to NY they shlepped him to the Yeshiva to speak, even at 95 years old. I wonder how much influence Reb Shmuel had over them.... Where's the intellectual honesty, folks?

RALS and יבלחט"א RAS upon his visit to YRCB

See this story, when RALS passed away

Reminds me of this gem on the blog, way back when...

Here's Rabbi Schechter: (Yiddish & English)

Reb Aron's Chanukah Licht inspiration

We all need it. Inspiration. For some of us it comes in the form of a sefer. Connection to words. For others it's ראיית פני הצדיק that puts either יר"ש or אהוי"ר in our hearts, depending on what's called for. It seems like Reb Aron likes to have the Rosh Yeshiva's ציור next to him by the חנוכה ליכט. The Shabbosdike ציור - that does it for him.

Shmuess before Chanukah in Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, 1955/5716 - ע"י הגאון בעל "פחד יצחק" זצ"ל

מאמר מפי מרן ה"פחד יצחק" - חנוכה תשל"ז בישיבת רבינו חיים ברלין