“Everywhere I shout about it”: What hurt Maran Hacham Shalom Cohen zt’al?

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During the weekly lesson of the Chief Rabbi of Israel, the Gaon Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, at the Yazdim Synagogue, which took place last Shabbat night, the chairman of the Yeshiva Board, Rabbi Haim Aharon Kaufman, referred to the passing of the president of the Council of Torah Sages, Maran Hacham Shalom Cohen To.

During his remarks, Rabbi Kaufman said that as head of the Purat Yosef yeshiva, Hacham Shalom Cohen zt’l was strict about the clothing of the yeshiva’s son: “The head of the yeshiva called out at all times to be careful about the clothing of the yeshiva’s son. He requested that every Rosh Yeshiva talk to the members of the Yeshiva about the importance of a Ben Torah to go out in the street in clothing befitting a member of the Yeshiva, and this is what honors them.”

According to Rabbi Kaufman, during the meetings and meetings held by the yeshiva leaders with Maran Rosh Hashishiva zt’al, he used to ask them “Why don’t you shout about this issue enough? I constantly talk about it in our yeshiva – that you must go outside as a member of the yeshiva – everywhere I go I shout about it.”

The first Zionist, Hagari Yosef, commented on Rabbi Kaufman’s words: “How true it is that Ben Torah went out with the hat and suit. I didn’t know this thing as much as it bothered Hachem Shalom, every Rosh Yeshiva should talk about it and reinforce the fact that Torah children will walk with a hat and a suit.”

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