'Don't get into arguments with secular Jews' .....Rabbi Dov Lando to students ahead of their summer break

 

Ahead of the summer break, the dean of the Slabodka Yeshiva and one of the leaders of the Lithuanian (non-hassidic) haredi community Rabbi Dov Lando, sent a strong message to yeshiva students and called on them to "remain Torah students."

"There's something that's important to remember: there is a time called 'vacation,' during vacation you remain Torah students," he said, and added: "You don't change, you don't become different. Always be a Torah student, act like a Torah student."

Amid the advance of judicial reform legislation in the Knesset and the protests surrounding it, the rabbi asked the students not to confront the secular population and not to argue.

"Don't get into arguments, don't get into confrontations with secular people over anything. Just be respectful, Torah students are respectable themselves.

This is important for all the yeshivas: remain the same Torah students during the break, Yeshiva deans schedule the study sessions, but remember, in general, that they are Torah students. Halacha still applies during the break."