Over 100,000 viewers worldwide tuned into a series of online lessons hosted this week by Yeshivat HaKotel, a major religious Zionist hesder yeshiva located across from the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
Dubbed the "Jewish Unity" event, the lessons featured dozens of rabbis, lecturers, and teachers representing the spectrum of the Torah world: men and women, ultra-Orthodox and national-religious, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, from Israel and from diaspora communities around the world.
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The speakers addressed a variety of topics that are relevant to the days priorto Tisha B'Av, a national as well as a religious day of mourning the destruction of the two temples, including redemption, rebuilding the Temple, interpersonal mitzvot, and more.
Over 190 Torah personalities each shared their unique perspective and demonstrated the diversity of the Torah world. Notable speakers included Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau, Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar, Rabbi Chaim Druckman, Rabbi Eliyahu Rachamim Zeini, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and more.
"The yearning for the rebuilding of Jerusalem is strengthened in complex times," explained Moti Jerbi, CEO of Yeshivat Hakotel. "The entire Jewish world is trying to recover from the corona virus, and at this time we are asking the entire jewish people to come together around Torah, love for fellow Jews and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. We thank the almost 200 speakers who participated in this most important project.
"During these complicated times, we do not take their time for granted. All lessons are available on the Yeshivat Hakotel's YouTube channel, and everyone is welcome to continue viewing them."
Yeshivat Hakotel President Rabbi Baruch Weider said, "These days, when we mourn for the exile of the Divine Presence, it is important to remember the Shechina can always be found in the Beit Midrash, the Holy of Holies and Jerusalem, the city that unites and makes all Jews friends.
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"Yeshivat Hakotel symbolizes the return of the Divine Presence and Torah to within the walls of Jerusalem. A dynamic and diverse Torah gathering, which brings together Jews from around the world and from across the spectrum is a clear sign of the coming redemption, and of the hope that arises particularly from difficult times.
"The Jewish people and State of Israel are in a complicated place lately, and we all pray that this unique and historic gathering will bring healing and redemption to all of Am Yisrael."
